Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 - Introduced SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 7 BY ZUMBACH A Concurrent Resolution recognizing the importance of 1 multilateral trade agreements to Iowa’s economy and 2 urging Congress to enact legislation to implement 3 a multilateral trade agreement between the United 4 States, Canada, and Mexico. 5 WHEREAS, Iowa is a world leader in agricultural 6 production and industrial manufacturing, and depends on 7 international trade to market its products; and 8 WHEREAS, Iowa prospers from multilateral trade with 9 Canada and Mexico, its two largest international export 10 markets, which purchase nearly half of the value of 11 Iowa’s total exports; and 12 WHEREAS, a multilateral trade agreement between 13 the United States, Canada, and Mexico will support 14 high-paying jobs for Iowans and build the entire North 15 American economy; and 16 WHEREAS, a multilateral trade agreement between 17 the United States, Canada, and Mexico should provide 18 safeguards for United States products to create a more 19 level playing field for America’s workers, modernize 20 agriculture trade in North America to benefit America’s 21 farmers, and establish new protections with respect to 22 United States intellectual property, digital trade, 23 anticorruption, and good regulatory practices; and 24 WHEREAS, multilateral trade agreements negotiated 25 with bipartisan efforts enjoy overwhelming support 26 from the United States business community and farm 27 groups; and 28 -1- LSB 2403XS (9) 88 gh/rn 1/ 2

S.C.R. 7 WHEREAS, a multilateral trade agreement between the 1 United States, Canada, and Mexico will reinforce the 2 close relationship we uphold with our neighbors to the 3 north and south; and 4 WHEREAS, a multilateral trade agreement between the 5 United States, Canada, and Mexico must be ratified 6 by all three governments before it can come into 7 effect, including a congressional vote on legislation 8 to implement the multilateral trade agreement; NOW 9 THEREFORE, 10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 11 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General 12 Assembly recognizes that a multilateral trade agreement 13 between the United States, Canada, and Mexico will 14 strengthen Iowa’s economy and benefit Iowa’s farmers 15 and workers, and urges Congress to enact legislation to 16 implement such a multilateral trade agreement; and 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this 18 Concurrent Resolution be distributed to the President 19 of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United 20 States House of Representatives, and each member of 21 Iowa’s congressional delegation. 22 -2- LSB 2403XS (9) 88 gh/rn 2/ 2