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Senator Pat Toomey could be changing his mind about controversial legislation that could change global trade in our country. He usually is pro-trade, but the Pennsylvania Republican is now flip flopping his stance when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Trans-Pacific Partnership involves 11 countries in the Asian pacific. Michelle Griffin Young, with the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, said the legislation will allow the United States to expand its trade deals. She said, "With this legislation, it will give all our companies in America the opportunity to be able to sell their products, give the jobs here promotion, help people grow and help our companies grow." She said the legislation comes with concern. "There are concerns over intellectual property between the countries. There's concerns about tariff rates. We can't have the tariff's too high or our businesses are not going to be able to utilize it," said Young. While she said this could bring more jobs to our nation, others said the legislation will have the opposite effect and jobs will be lost. Greg Joseph Potter represents labor unions in Lehigh and Northampton Counties and said he is not a fan at all of the idea. The President of the Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO said if the TPP goes into effect jobs here will be replaced by ones overseas. He is also worried about the safety standards of other countries and the quality of the food and medicine that are produced in other countries that end up in the United States. Potter said, "If you can't do that you know what keep your product you'll do well locally that's fine but we don't need it. If you can't go to our standards forget it." Read the full article here.
Senator Pat Toomey could be changing his mind about controversial legislation that could change global trade in our country.
He usually is pro-trade, but the Pennsylvania Republican is now flip flopping his stance when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership involves 11 countries in the Asian pacific.
Michelle Griffin Young, with the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, said the legislation will allow the United States to expand its trade deals.
She said, "With this legislation, it will give all our companies in America the opportunity to be able to sell their products, give the jobs here promotion, help people grow and help our companies grow."
She said the legislation comes with concern.
"There are concerns over intellectual property between the countries. There's concerns about tariff rates. We can't have the tariff's too high or our businesses are not going to be able to utilize it," said Young.
While she said this could bring more jobs to our nation, others said the legislation will have the opposite effect and jobs will be lost.
Greg Joseph Potter represents labor unions in Lehigh and Northampton Counties and said he is not a fan at all of the idea.
The President of the Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFL-CIO said if the TPP goes into effect jobs here will be replaced by ones overseas.
He is also worried about the safety standards of other countries and the quality of the food and medicine that are produced in other countries that end up in the United States.
Potter said, "If you can't do that you know what keep your product you'll do well locally that's fine but we don't need it. If you can't go to our standards forget it." Read the full article here.