This past week a round of hearings were held by House nd Senate committees on the future of the United States Department of Commerce. oung Republicans have made the case that the government should not be involved n the regulation of free trade, but NPR's Chitra Ragavan (Chih-trah ah-gah-vahn) reports that the difficulties surrounding the elimination of this epartment and its functions could prove more complicated than the Republicans ntially expected.
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