Trade

I believe that in order to help American businesses compete more effectively in the global marketplace, we must establish and maintain free trade agreements with other nations.  Approximately, 10 percent of all U.S. jobs depend on exports, and one in five factory jobs depend directly on international trade. Without trade agreements, many of those jobs would be outsourced to China or other emerging markets.

By removing barriers currently in place in the foreign markets, we can increase exports and create jobs right here at home.  Many farmers and businesspeople in the 29th District have told me that they will directly benefit from the removal of tariffs between the United States and other countries. Free trade agreements can only help, not hurt, our economy because they will allow us to ease the selling of our products to foreign countries.

In the last few years, the United States has engaged or proposed to engage in negotiations to establish free trade arrangements with several trading partners including Chile, Columbia, Singapore, Australia, Morocco, Bahrain, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Peru, Panama, South Korea, and the Dominican Republic.

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Related Files:

CRS Report on Free Trade Agreements

CRS Report on The Dominican Republic-Central America-United