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67 House Members Sign Letter Warning Japan On Pork Subsidy Proposal

February 12, 2016 at 4:49 PM
A bipartisan group of 67 House lawmakers, including 17 members of the House Ways & Means Committee and six Democrats who voted for fast track last year, have warned the ambassador of Japan in a letter that expanded subsidies for Japanese pork producers could cost votes for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The final letter , dated Feb. 11 and sent the following day, is unchanged from the version that was circulated earlier on Capitol Hill and previously reported on by...

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