State of Mississippi Archives: on Free Trade

Mike Espy: Experience in negotiating multilateral trade treaties

Robert Foster: Support tariffs on China; assist farmers when hurt by them

A: I have to support our president and what's he trying to accomplish. The Chinese have been taking advantage of us and other countries for a long time on trade deals, and it has been bleeding our country of all of our manufacturing, of a lot of our industry. He is attempting to force them to the table to renegotiate those deals. It has to be done, because if not, our entire country continues to decline economically otherwise, and it's a tough situation to be in. It's not easy.

Q: Do you support the administration's bailouts for farmers caught in the trade war?

A: We're going to have to take care of our farmers. We have to have agriculture. We're going to have to make sure that they're taken care of until we're able to get past this.

Phil Bryant: Mississippi is part of global market, from Tel Aviv to Tokyo

David Baria: Tariffs have negative impact on Mississippians

David Baria (D): No. They have a negative impact on Mississippians.

Roger Wicker (R): Knows Mississippi farmers are bracing for negative impacts, but hopes "end results will be greater opportunities."

Roger Wicker: Tariffs hurt, but end results will be greater opportunities

David Baria (D): No. They have a negative impact on Mississippians.

Roger Wicker (R): Knows Mississippi farmers are bracing for negative impacts, but hopes "end results will be greater opportunities."

Travis Childers: End tax breaks for big corporations that ship jobs overseas

A: We need to end tax breaks for big corporations that ship jobs overseas, protect Medicare and Social Security, give small business owners a tax break, and pass a balanced budget amendment to force the politicians to cut the wasteful spending. In the Senate, Travis will lead the fight for a Balanced Budget Amendment, protect the Medicare and Social Security benefits that seniors have earned, and protect Mississippi jobs by ending tax breaks for big corporations that ship jobs overseas.