“Trade Promotion Authority is foundational to opening up new free trade opportunities around the world, and I am pleased to see it is one step closer to implementation. As a net exporting state, Iowa stands to directly benefit from increasing our state’s agricultural exports and reducing trade barriers for our manufacturers. TPA is key to strengthening the role of Congress in trade negotiations, fostering greater transparency so that Iowans are better informed about U.S. trade agreements, and encouraging our negotiating partners to put their best deals forward to ensure that the U.S. gets the best deals possible.
“President Obama must now work with Congress to continue moving forward on a robust trade agenda. Opening up more free trade opportunities around the world is vital to Iowa’s future and the health of our national economy. I urge the President to put this trade legislation into action as soon as possible.”
Senator Ernst also emphasized the importance of TPA at a press conference last month.
BENEFITS OF TRADE FOR IOWA
Last month, more than 70 State of Iowa leaders and job creators sent a letter to the Iowa congressional delegation to underscore the importance of international trade to Iowa’s businesses, workers, and farmers. According to the letter:
In 2014, Iowa exported a record-setting $15.1 billion in manufactured goods and value-added agricultural products.
Nearly 83% of these exports were from small or medium-sized businesses.
Iowa farmers exported $3.58 billion in soybeans, $1.99 billion in pork, $1.71 billion in corn, and $1.04 billion in feed grain.
In addition, according to the Business Roundtable:
Over 448,000 jobs in Iowa – nearly one in every five jobs – depend on international trade.
There are 3,367 Iowa-based companies that exported to nearly 190 countries in 2013.
Our negotiating partners in the TPP and T-TIP agreements purchased $11.3 billion (64%) of Iowa goods exported in 2013. The elimination of tariffs and other trade barriers with those countries would therefore likely result in a direct benefit to Iowa’s economy.
Discusting photo of the Senator. She looks like a male to female impersonator who performs at one of the clubs in Des Moines. You go girl!
She looks a lot better than you do.
I am very disappointed.
Well, at least there are one thing both the democrats and republicans agree on… they have to support their multinational corporate owners!
Anyone who thinks this will be good for anybody but the ultra rich should get a reality check.
@Calvin R.-Agreed. The last time we did one of these it was done by another Democrat called Bill Clinton and it was called NAFTA. I cost us thousands and thousands of decent paying jobs and the common guy saw nothing for it except unemployment.
What I heard was this TPP is NAFTA on steroids, plus it gives the European union power over our treaties and trade.
NAFTA almost ruined this country and put thousand out of work. Manufacturing went to Canada and Mexico and never came back. Some people tried to blame Republicans but it was all Slick Willy. When he wasn’t chasing young skirts around the White House he was tearing apart the country. And now they want to elect Hillary who is just as bad. Clintons are crooks and thugs. Lots of dead people in their history.
TPP will be even worse, it hands almost everything over to the European union which technically is the UN.
@Maybe-that is what they have been trying to do for a long time. That is how they think they will take away the guns.
Now they have the way to do it, with the UN involved they will use UN troops since the majority of our military will not. Plus even more jobs will go to other countries and our borders will be almost non existent.
Guess again bozo…
“Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1990 among the three nations, U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed the agreement in their respective capitals on December 17, 1992”
We are talking about TPP not NAFTA bozo.
Hello STUPID-Clinton implemented it so it was his baby. It came in on his watch.
My God, I am surprised that either of you two clowns can even remember to breathe.
You both pull ridiculous thoughts out of your nether regions and believe them to be gospel truth.
You two idiot’s combined IQ wouldn’t even hit 100.
Sad part is, that you guys are so stupid that you don’t even realize that you’re stupid.
A friend posted yesterday on facebook a question, she asked if anybody believed in the chemtrails. What I though was funny was a response that said I used to not believe in them but how can you explain liberals. Hey anonymous the world isn’t flat.
Hey bozo, watch this short video, it will explain to you what you refuse to see.
http://www.exposethetpp.org/
Well maybe, we can add “reading for comprehension” to your lack of skills list
My original comment was on NAFTA in regards to LVS’s lying comment on NAFTA. Nothing about TPP.
I am impressed that you realize that the earth is not flat, however that is more than can be said about the lines on your EEG test.
@maybe-isn’t he cute? I wonder how he will be when he grows up and learns liberals are idiots for the most part. How else could they explain Obumer and the Hag