Issue Position: America First

Issue Position

Pete regularly travels around the 18-county 8th congressional district meeting with workers and visiting with business owners. Our workers on the Iron Range and throughout the district can compete with anyone in the world so long as there is a level and fair playing field. Pete always puts Minnesota's workers, Minnesota's companies, and Minnesota's workers first. When we do that, America will win every time.

Pete was proud to work with President Trump to champion the USMCA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that directly and positively impacts Minnesota's economy. The trade agreement -- which lifts the steel and aluminum tariffs -- will benefit Minnesota workers in many sectors including our farmers, miners, manufacturers, and those in the medical industry. Fifty-one percent of Minnesota's total agriculture and agri-food exports flow to Canada and Mexico.

The bipartisan trade agreement unleashes our economic engine by making new enforceable labor standards a core part of the USMCA. This will help level the playing field for Minnesota workers and improve wages and labor conditions in North America. The trade agreement eliminates Canada's unfair milk pricing program so Minnesota dairy farmers gain more export opportunities, and also provides poultry producers new access for chicken and egg exports and expanded access for turkey exports.

The best way to rebuild American mining on the Iron Range and manufacturing in Minnesota and across the country is to start to rebuild those communities most harmed by the forces of globalization and the unfair trade practices by China.

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