2024 presidential campaign press release: on Free Trade

Asa Hutchinson: $2.1B Arkansas trade with Canada & Mexico

We can't know for sure the harm the state would suffer without an agreement but the loss in trade and jobs would be significant. The numbers show the benefit when we can freely and fairly export to our North American partners. Canada is Arkansas's largest trading partner. Our neighbor to the north imported more than $1.2 billion worth of Arkansas products in 2018. That is almost 19 percent of our total exports. Mexico, our second-largest partner, imported nearly $900 million worth of our goods last year.

We can't overemphasize the importance of the free flow of commerce between our North American neighbors. I have written our Senate leadership and asked them to ratify this trade agreement, which is so important to Arkansas.

John Hickenlooper: Supports USMCA trade agreement to replace NAFTA

Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO): "Let's hope all 3 countries can move ahead with the new trade agreement with certainty, with protections for Colorado farmers, workers and businesses."

Larry Elder: Trump's tariffs on imports punish the American consumer

Kamala Harris: Secure domestic supply chains for semiconductor chips

While in Singapore in August 2021, I convened CEOs and government leaders to make progress on global supply chain challenges [and] I met with an executive from GlobalFoundries, and they committed to working with our administration to secure domestic supply chains. GlobalFoundries will expand existing operations in both New York and Vermont, creating more than 10,000 good jobs over the next decade. Additionally, the domestic production of these chips will provide more supply chain stability to the auto and aerospace industries across the United States that currently rely on the shipment of these chips from overseas.