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On the recordMarch 13, 2017
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of agriculture. As you start looking at what we are going to do in the place of TPP and how you are going to approach NAFTA, I hope you will keep that issue as a very, very high priority.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune stresses the significance of agriculture in trade agreements like TPP and NAFTA.

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