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National Retailers Urge Support for Haitian and African Trade Bills
(RILA) issued the following statement in response to the House Ways & Means Committee bills to reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) and the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Acts.
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