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Tim Kaine: China is displacing our influence in the region and we have no tools to effectively deal with that.

On the recordNovember 17, 2021
China is displacing our influence in the region and we have no tools to effectively deal with that.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights China's growing influence in the Americas and the U.S.'s lack of response.

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