Political Quotes

“I support the Singapore and Chile Free Trade Agreements. I maintain reservations about certain sections of this agreement, but overall I believe that this Free Trade Agreement succeeds in lowering tariffs on American goods entering Chile and Singapore. We are deciding today whether or not to allow American farmers, manufacturers, businessmen and women to trade their products, their ideas and their goods. Expanding trade goes hand in glove with disseminating and distributing the values of America. That is why I have supported many trade agreements. The United States-Singapore and United States-Chile Free Trade Agreements, FTA, include strong and comprehensive commitments by Singapore and Chile to open their goods, agricultural and services markets to U.S. producers. The agreements include commitments that will increase regulatory transparency and act to the benefit of U.S. workers, investors, intellectual property holders, business and consumers. These agreements have one of the highest levels of intellectual property rights protections that we have ever had in any trade agreement with any other nation. We are concerned about the rights of those who create music, entertainment, software, and technology products, and we are concerned about manufacturers' patents. I am particularly pleased about the benefits this agreement provides with respect to agriculture. The Chile Free Trade Agreement will eliminate tariffs on 85 percent of the U.S. exports to Chile immediately.”