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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Curran
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for Federal Action - Oppose Misguided Trade Deals
FOR the purpose of calling upon the Baltimore delegation to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the TPP and any similar trade deals if they fail to restructure the misguided and failed policies of the past.
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WHEREAS, U.S. trade deals for the past 25 years have been corporatedriven, incorporating rules that skew benefits to economic elites while requiring working families to bear the brunt of such policies.
WHEREAS, The growing trade deficits, driven by the North American Free Trade Agreement, China?s accession to the World Trade Organization, and the U.S.Korea Free Trade Agreement, have displaced 700,000 jobs, 3.2 million jobs, and 75,000 jobs, respectively.
WHEREAS, U.S. employment in manufacturing dropped by 5 million from 2000 to 2015.
WHEREAS, The Baltimore City unemployment rate is 7.4%.
WHEREAS, The Baltimore City poverty rate is 25%, which requires the expenditure of limited public funds to assist families in crisis.
WHEREAS, Jobs lost due to trade devastate families and entire communities and can permanently reduce lifetime earnings for hundreds of thousands of workers.
WHEREAS, The long decline of the American manufacturing baseexacerbated by bad trade policies that reward outsourcinghas undermined our economic ...
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