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On the recordMay 16, 2016
the false advantage of not having an effective water management system in your country so that you dump millions of tons of plastic into the world's oceans, and that makes your products cheaper compared to a competing American product
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Critique of trade agreements favoring countries with poor waste management.

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