2016 CT Senate race: on Free Trade


Dan Carter: Oppose TTP as neither free trade nor fair trade

We must change tax laws to allow billions of dollars in American assets, currently held overseas, to come home to America. We can bring money back to Connecticut, thereby creating new jobs. I oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership. It is not fair or free trade. We can avoid losing an estimated 450,000 American jobs by being tougher and standing up for our workers. I believe and will support legislation and treaties that create fair trade among our global partners.
Source: 2016 Connecticut Senate campaign website CarterForSenate.com Aug 8, 2016

August Wolf: Ratify fast-track trade authority and TPP

Wolf endorses lowering individual and corporate taxes and ratifying the fast-track trade negotiating authority which reportedly is needed to pass the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the United States, Japan and 10 other countries, which collectively represent 40% of the global economy.

Obama has had far more support from Republicans than Democrats on fast track and TPP. The president has said that if America doesn't establish trade standards in the Pacific Rim then China, which has the world's second largest economy, will do so. "I believe that comparative advantage in trade is real," Wolf said, who supports the TPP.

Source: Brookfield Patch on 2016 Connecticut Senate race May 31, 2015

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Candidates and political leaders on Free Trade:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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