Trade
The Challenge
"Washington state is the most trade dependent state in
the country. International trade matters
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| Senator Murray joins city officials at the
ribbon-cutting ceremony of Auburn's Third Street Grade Separation
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tremendously to each and every region of my state and to every sector
of our economy. Trade matters to my state in good and bad economic times.
We are an export state. We have a trade surplus. We are also a port state
and a gateway to Asia and the world. My constituents benefit from trade
at every point. We grow the commodities. We move containers and cargo
from ships to rail to destinations throughout the country. We manufacture,
build, design, develop, finance and insure goods and services traded globally
each and every day. Trade jobs – estimated to be one in three jobs
in Washington state – are good family wage jobs in my state."
--Senator Patty Murray
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