State of Idaho Archives: on Free Trade
Brad Little:
New trade agreement with Canada & Mexico good for Idaho
Last month, the country took a critical step toward helping us secure future jobs and economic prosperity in Idaho. Congress finally ratified President Trump's trade agreement with two of Idaho's biggest export markets--Canada and Mexico. I strongly
supported the deal because it preserves and enhances critical gains made in previous trade agreements for Idaho products. Our farmers and agriculture industry have good reason to rejoice for this important agreement making it across the finish line.
Source: 2020 Idaho State of the State address
Jan 6, 2020
Dirk Kempthorne:
Double Idaho’s exports
The Advisory Committee on International Trade is working to develop a strategic plan to expand Idaho’s trading opportunities. We are making progress. When I took office, I challenged [our state government] to double the value of Idaho’s exports by the
end of 2002. Since January of 1999, we’ve seen a 61-percent increase in export value - more than a billion dollars. Canada; Mexico; Asia - we’ve already been there. And we literally have kicked open the doors in these markets.
Source: 2001 State of the State address to the Idaho legislature
Jan 8, 2001
Jerry Sturgill:
His company recognized as "Cross-Border Deal of the Year"
In 2010, Jerry became a Managing Director of Headwaters MB, a Denver-based financial services firm. Headwaters advises entrepreneurs, corporations and business-owning families to help them grow, recapitalize, and otherwise achieve their financial goals.
In each of the last two years Headwaters was named firm of the year by the M&A Atlas. In 2012, Jerry advised on the acquisition of a Swiss defense electronics firm in a transaction recognized by The M&A Advisor as a "Cross-Border Deal of the Year."
Source: 2016 Idaho Senate campaign website, Sturgill4Senate.com
Aug 8, 2016
Jim Risch:
Supported bill pushing back against China's trade practices
[Press release on U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, S.1260]: "This bipartisan effort ensures the United States is positioned to compete on a fair playing field globally, especially with China," said Crapo. "I secured inclusion of the Trade Act of
2021, a comprehensive trade bill to combat China's manufacturing imbalances, threats to free and fair trade, and illicit activity which undermine America's leadership in innovation. This bill and the broader U.S. Innovation and Competition Act will help
stand up our efforts in pushing back against China.""As I have said for years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) presents a grave threat to U.S. values and interests, and its malign influence across the globe puts our own freedoms at risk here at
home," said Risch. "My bipartisan Strategic Competition Act that provides a comprehensive approach so the US can begin to compete with China for decades to come. I will continue my work to combat malign CCP influence in the United States and abroad."
Source: 2021 Idaho Senate campaign website crapo.senate.gov
Jun 16, 2021
Nels Mitchell:
End tax breaks for shipping American jobs overseas
Nels Mitchell today condemned Jim Risch's vote to kill a bill that would have ended tax breaks for shipping American jobs overseas. This is the 2nd time in the last 3 years Risch has helped block efforts to close this loophole.The Bring Jobs Home Act
would have offered an incentive for bringing jobs back to America and eliminated the tax break received by American companies for sending jobs overseas. "I can imagine that Washington lobbyists and special interests are happy with Risch's vote," Mitchell
said, "but Idahoans should be angry. Idaho jobs will continue to go overseas, and Idaho taxpayers will continue to foot the bill. That's just plain wrong. Idaho lost more than 18,000 jobs to China alone during one ten year period."
Mitchell pointed out
that on his website, Risch claims to support job growth. "Maybe he means job growth in Asia," Mitchell said, "because that's what his vote yesterday does. It hurts job growth at home and promotes outsourcing of American jobs to China and elsewhere."
Source: Nels Mitchell press release 2014 Idaho Senate race
Aug 1, 2014
Paulette Jordan:
Farmers want trade, not government bailouts
Our own Senator Risch holds a top position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he had the power to prevent these gouges to Idaho farming, but instead swept things under the rug and made farming dependent on USDA bailouts, which
haven't even begun to cover the losses our farmers suffered from U.S. trade wars with countries like Mexico and China. It's time to wake up and realize that Idaho farmers are suffering, and without better foreign policy, they stand to lose everything.
Source: 2020 Idaho Senate campaign website PauletteForSenate.com
Jun 29, 2020
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