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Maria Cantwell: “The Middle East I believe alone is a $5 trillion market.”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Discussion with Senator Maria Cantwell and former USTRs, Carla Hills and Susan Schwab

Published | Video Starts at 03:46

It continued the legacy of providing economic opportunity to fight the drug trafficking in addition to opening a $3 billion market for U.S. exports. Today, the United States has real economic opportunities in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa. And The Middle East I believe alone is a $5 trillion market. And at the same time there are real national security challenges. In May, Pakistan conducted missile strikes on India and India conducted retaliatory attacks. (03:46–03:52)

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