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Source:PRESS RELEASE, 4/26/12
U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre recently met with Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Deputy United States Trade Representative, to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement and key trade issues facing southeastern North Carolina.
Ambassador Marantis is currently leading negotiations on behalf of the United States between the leaders of the nine TPP countries – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. The TPP is one of the largest trade deals ever to be negotiated by the United States and, if enacted, would remove restrictions to trade between participating countries.
Pictured (L-R): Congressman Mike McIntyre and Deputy United States Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis discuss the TPP.
“We need to do all that we can to ensure that businesses, manufacturers, and agricultural producers in North Carolina are able to export their products to create jobs here in the state,” said McIntyre. “I am pleased to have had the opportunity to speak with Ambassador Marantis about the interests of key industries in North Carolina, including tobacco, pork, and textiles, and will continue to advocate policies that benefit North Carolinians to him and others in the Administration.”
Congressman McIntyre is pushing for trade policies in the United States that prevent American jobs from going overseas and ensure that American businesses are supported, not harmed, by American trade policy.
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