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Bill Lee: “The opportunity cost to U.S. exporters of maintaining the embargo is around 1.2 billion per year”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
The opportunity cost to U.S. exporters of maintaining the embargo is around 1.2 billion per year
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Lee highlights the economic impact of the U.S. embargo on exporters.

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