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Jim Himes: “We need to invest in what does it look like when we arrive…”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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A Conversation with Representative Jim Himes | American Conversations

Published | Video Starts at 32:41

And we need to move not, not beyond that because we need to be, we need to deter China and we always need to be prepared for the worst case scenario, but We need to invest in what does it look like when we arrive at a detente in accommodation with China. Secondly, you know, the world is also sort of, and this is related to the first increasingly split between those countries who aspire to some version of liberal market regulated capitalism and those that don't. (32:41–32:57)

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Asserts the need for U.S. investment in diplomatic relations with China.

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