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Dick Durbin's Public Statements on Issue: Trade

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12/07/2020 Letter to Hon. Rober Lighthizer, US Trade Representative and Hon. Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion, and International Trade - Senators: Canadian Single-Use Plastic Ban Wouldn't Violate USMCA
09/16/2020 Tweet - "I spoke with @GrowthEnergy today & heard about how the President's trade policy with China & refinery waivers that have harmed the biofuels industry. Biofuel producers need allies in the Senate & I'm proud to keep fighting on their behalf."
09/14/2020 Durbin Statement On GAO Report Confirming USDA Mishandled Payments To Illinois Farmers For Trade Damages
02/11/2020 Letter to the Hon. David Johanson, Chairman of the International Trade Commission - Rounds, Manchin Lead Colleagues in Letter to International Trade Commission Urging Proper Enforcement of Trade Laws
02/10/2020 Tweet - "Farmers need trade aid payments, but once again, @USDA overcompensated southern cotton growers whose market losses are smaller & whose prices have gone up, getting more aid on a county-by-county basis than Illinois' soybean farmers."
02/07/2020 Durbin Statement On USDA Third Round Of Trade Aid Payments
01/16/2020 Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of USMCA Trade Deal
01/16/2020 Tweet - "The USMCA will support Illinois' economy, provide more certainty to agriculture, & improve trade relationships with Canada & Mexico, our top trading partners. Glad the Senate voted today to pass this agreement on a bipartisan basis, with the support of business, labor, & farmers."
01/15/2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
01/14/2020 Tweet - "While China must be accountable for unfair trade practices, the President's trade war has seriously hurt farmers. In our meeting today, I spoke w/U.S. Amb. to China Brandstad about recommitting to our farmers & providing the certainty they need to rebound from a difficult 2019."
01/14/2020 Durbin Discusses Illinois Agriculture With U.S. Ambassador To China Terry Brandstad
01/13/2020 Tweet - "Yesterday I joined @ILAFLCIO and @ILFarmBureau at @BRANDT_co in Springfield to discuss the USMCA trade agreement. Important changes make it better for Illinois farmers, manufacturers, & workers while strengthening labor protections and fair treatment of U.S. products."
01/08/2020 Durbin Announces Support For USMCA Trade Deal
01/08/2020 Tweet - "Proud to announce my support for the USMCA trade agreement. It's not perfect, but it's a step forward & I'm glad it is bipartisan. Mexico & Canada are Illinois' top trading partners--especially for agriculture. The USMCA will extend that already productive relationship."
01/08/2020 Executive Calendar
12/05/2019 Tweet - "Illinois farmers have faced one of the toughest years in memory, partly due to weather beyond their control, but also because of President Trump's trade games with China. Farmers need certainty, not uncertainty, with such an important market."
11/26/2019 Tweet - "I urge Pres. Trump to immediately sign the Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act. We must send a clear and strong message that the entire U.S. government supports the democratic ambitions of the people of Hong Kong. This must not become a bargaining chip in trade negotiations."
11/25/2019 Tweet - "The President's failed trade war is crushing soybean farmers in Illinois. And yet the Trump Admin. is giving cotton farmers in the south - who have experienced far less losses by comparison - up to twice as much in trade aid. Is @USDA playing it straight?"
11/24/2019 The Pantagraph - Durbin: Georgia on my mind
11/18/2019 Durbin Statement On USDA Second Round Of Trade Aid Payments
11/18/2019 Tweet - "Illinois soybean farmers are hurting from the President's trade war with China. Worse yet, in trade aid payments per acre, the top five states are all in the South, with Georgia ranked first. Cotton was barely touched by the Trump-China trade war, but soybeans were clobbered."
11/14/2019 Tweet - "Today @ADMGrain shared with me their difficulties with the China trade war, the @EPA refinery waivers that damage biodiesel demand, and the biodiesel tax credit."
11/13/2019 Tweet - "The President's trade wars are hurting all farmers, but for some reason Pres. Trump's USDA is helping out cotton farmers more than soybean farmers."
11/12/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Durbin, Duckworth Urge Trump Administration To Improve Trade Assistance To Illinois Farmers
11/05/2019 Durbin: NAFTA 2.0 Is A Trojan Horse Giveaway To Big Pharma
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