Policy Today: Trade, and trade deals, are hugely important to Washington's economy

Washington Research Council

Today's guest is Eric Schinfeld, president of the Washington Council on International Trade (WCIT). He joins us to talk about the importance of trade, and international trade agreements, to Washington state. It's an especially timely topic given the newly controversial role trade is playing in the current presidential election: Both major candidates oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (also known as TPP), a pending trade deal between the United States and 11 other nations. WCIT has joined up with the Association of Washington Business, our state's chamber of commerce, on a new study outlining the many and significant ways TPP would benefit Washington state. To read the study, click here: http://wcit.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/FINALTPPStudy2016.pdf For more info from WCIT on TPP, click here: http://wcit.org/tpp/