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Gerry Connolly: “I don't want to be the person who has to answer the next generation why is the Africa-Chinese trade the dominant trade…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
I don't want to be the person who has to answer the next generation why is the Africa-Chinese trade the dominant trade in that part of the world and we don't even have a slice of it?
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly warns against U.S. retreat from global investments, citing China as a competitor.

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