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BIO Comments to USTR on Modernizing NAFTA

June 12, 2017

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) request for comments on negotiating objectives to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

 

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