2019-20 GA special Senate race: on Free Trade


Valencia Stovall: Remove tariffs and quotas, but focus on fair trade

Q: Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?

A: Yes. There must be better fair trade deals with nations which share common goals with the US. I support favorable changes to EB-5 program. By removing barriers, US businesses are able to import products which can't be produced and export products which are needed in other countries.

Source: 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate PVS Political Courage Test Oct 10, 2020

Kelly Loeffler: Co-sponsored the BEAT CHINA Act on medical manufacturing

Three senators introduced legislation aimed at increasing American manufacturing to help limit the nation's dependence on China. Loeffler, Joni Ernst, and Ted Cruz introduced the "Bring Entrepreneurial Advancements to Consumers Here In North America--or the "Beat China Act--to "incentivize pharmaceutical and medical device and supply manufacturers to relocate to the United States." It would alter the tax code to provide incentives to businesses willing to relocate production to the U.S.
Source: Fox News on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race Jun 12, 2020

Kelly Loeffler: Hopes trade war challenges can be resolved soon

She said she believes farmers know legislators are trying to improve economic opportunities for their industry and believes they see the long-term view, even if the short-term is marred in a trade war with China. "Look, I think trade has to be fair and I think farmers innately understand that, and they're willing to take the longer view certainly," Loeffler said. "And they have, but I also would take the side that the sooner we can resolve some of the challenges, the better."
Source: Tifton Gazette on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race Jan 1, 2020

Michelle Nunn: Trade impacting international cooperation on other issues

Rising trade tensions are threatening to undermine collaboration needed to tackle big problems like poverty on a global scale, Nunn said at the World Trade Day conference in Atlanta. "In many ways we are seeing threats of an inward-looking and nationalistic sensibility, an insularity that threatens some of our capacity as a globe to solve complicated and globally meaningful problems, but also to stand in solidarity with one another to advance our capacity to make progress," she said.
Source: Global Atlanta on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race Aug 25, 2014

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Candidates and political leaders on Free Trade:

Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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