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Peter Welch: “I think the exchange went to great lengths to try to change the terms of the cotton contract last year because a lot of…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2011
I think the exchange went to great lengths to try to change the terms of the cotton contract last year because a lot of people were concerned that the cotton market wasn't working properly.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch discusses the cotton market's issues and the exchange's efforts to address them.

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