Freshmen Dems Say Biden Right to Avoid Tariff Lowering FTAs
A letter signed by all the freshmen Democrats in the House of Representatives lauds President Joe Biden's new stance on trade.
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"From coast to coast, our constituents experience the downsides of past trade policies, which were shaped by and for the largest corporate interests. Some of the districts we represent suffer from job offshoring and unfair imports impacting local businesses and farms," they wrote. "The past model of globalization at any cost exacerbated the climate crisis and weakened our national security as we became over-reliant on imports of essential goods."
The April 19 letter, led by Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., supported the kind of digital trade proposals supported by the AFL-CIO. The members wrote that they "strongly support" Biden's reluctance to cut tariffs as part of either the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework or the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity.
They praised the Inflation Reduction Act, adding, "as you implement your industrial policy initiatives, we urge you to focus on building capacity at home, with strong Buy American and domestic content and assembly rules."