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Holding China up as an example

I’m listening to Barack Obama’s speech to Congress and was just struck by his mention of China. It wasn’t about the trade deficit. Nor was it about environmental pollution. It was about energy efficiency. Here’s the excerpt: “We know the... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Wed, Feb 25 2009

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