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Paulsen Applauds Advancement of U.S.-EU Trade Agreement Negotiations

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17th, 2013 

Paulsen Applauds Advancement of U.S.-EU Trade Agreement Negotiations

Trade Deal Would Create Minnesota Jobs and Boost Global Economy

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Obama announced the launch of official negotiations for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Last year alone, Minnesota exported $4 billion to the EU, making up a staggering 20 percent of the state’s total exports. Rep. Paulsen has led the effort in the House of Representatives for a comprehensive trade agreement between the U.S. and EU, leading a letter to the President in 2012, and taking part in bipartisan talks between Ways and Means members and their European Union counterparts.

“The kick-off of formal negotiations on a comprehensive trade agreement with the EU demonstrates a promising step towards creating jobs here at home and leading an economic recovery around the globe,” said Rep. Paulsen. “I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress and with the Administration to advance this bipartisan agreement that will benefit American small businesses and workers; especially the 80,951 Minnesotans whose jobs are directly supported by exports.”

Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.

For more information on Rep. Paulsen’s work in Congress visit www.paulsen.house.gov.

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