FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 19^th, 2012

Paulsen Statement on Invitation for Canada to Join Trans-Pacific Partnership

Washington, D.C. – Representative Erik Paulsen (MN-03), member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today issued the following statements in response to the announcement of the invitation for Canada to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations:

“It has been an important week for Minnesota and American trade. I am pleased with the news that Canada has been invited to join the TPP talks. Our neighbor to the north serves as Minnesota’s largest export destination with $5 billion in annual exports. Canada’s participation in the TPP negotiations is a positive step forward, and will benefit Minnesota workers and job creators.”

Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. He is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus and the U.S.–Korea Free Trade Working Group.

For more information on Rep. Paulsen’s work in Congress, and for past segments of Erik's Correspondence Corner, please visit www.paulsen.house.gov.

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