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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, United States President Donald Trump recently | ||||||
| 3 | negotiated and signed a free trade
agreement with the leaders | ||||||
| 4 | of Canada and Mexico to update the North American Free Trade
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| 5 | Agreement; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | ||||||
| 7 | represents a beneficial update to the three
nations' already | ||||||
| 8 | strong trade relationship and will positively impact the State | ||||||
| 9 | of Illinois; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Canada and Mexico are the largest trade partners | ||||||
| 11 | of the State of Illinois, purchasing $31.8
billion in goods and | ||||||
| 12 | services from Illinois and supporting 491,700 jobs in 2017; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, One-third of the manufacturing companies in | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois export products to Canada and Mexico, and
69,400 | ||||||
| 15 | manufacturing jobs rely on trade to those two countries; Canada | ||||||
| 16 | and Mexico purchase over two-fifths of
the State's global | ||||||
| 17 | manufacturing exports, and the USMCA's strengthened rules of | ||||||
| 18 | origins will boost
the manufacturing base in Illinois; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Agricultural exports from Illinois to Canada and | ||||||
| 20 | Mexico amount to $8.2 billion and support 68,500
jobs, which | ||||||
| 21 | the USMCA will solidify as it will maintain Illinois farmers' | ||||||
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| 1 | access to the corn, soybean, and
pork markets in Canada and | ||||||
| 2 | Mexico and will also robustly expand their access to the | ||||||
| 3 | Canadian dairy,
poultry, and egg markets; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, The USMCA will strengthen NAFTA's labor and | ||||||
| 5 | environmental rules, protecting the planet
and workers' rights | ||||||
| 6 | and creating a level playing field for Illinois workers to | ||||||
| 7 | compete with Mexico and
Canada; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The USMCA's rules for small and medium-sized | ||||||
| 9 | businesses will allow Illinois firms to tap
further into the | ||||||
| 10 | Canadian and Mexican markets; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The USMCA's strengthened digital trade and | ||||||
| 12 | intellectual property rules will provide robust
protection to | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois businesses and help further economic progress and | ||||||
| 14 | innovation in the State,
allowing it to progress toward a | ||||||
| 15 | prosperous future; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we urge the United States Congress to promptly ratify the | ||||||
| 19 | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to enhance the economies | ||||||
| 20 | of our State and our nation and to strengthen
our relationships | ||||||
| 21 | with Canada and Mexico; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | delivered to each member of the Illinois
Congressional | ||||||
| 3 | Delegation and to Governor JB Pritzker.
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