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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
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| 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
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| 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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