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Jim Webb: “The major contributor to the openness that we have seen--however imperfect--in Vietnam was lifting the trade embargo.”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2009
The major contributor to the openness that we have seen--however imperfect--in Vietnam was lifting the trade embargo.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Senator Webb credits the lifting of the embargo for Vietnam's openness.

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