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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016
Support slips in Oregon for international trade pacts
More view trade
as economic threat
2016 than they were two years
prior,” says DHM Research
founding partner Adam Davis.
The drop in support followed
repeated attacks on international
trade treaties by Republican
presidential candidate Donald
Trump and Democratic presi-
dential candidates Bernie Sand-
ers and Hillary Clinton. All three
candidates came out against the
TPP, even though Clinton had
previously called it the “gold
standard” of such treaties.
“The seemingly 24-7 cover-
age of Trump and Sanders this
past year has taken its toll on
public understanding and appre-
ciation of the benefi ts of trade,”
Davis says. “It’s been a con-
stant drumbeat of Americans
losing jobs and big companies
being the only benefi ciaries of
policies like the Trans-Pacifi c
Partnership.”
By JIM REDDEN
Capital Bureau
Support for international
trade slipped in Oregon while
the major candidates for presi-
dent criticized the Trans-Pacifi c
Partnership agreement that Con-
gress could consider later this
year.
According to two polls con-
ducted by DHM Research,
the percentage of Oregonians
who believe foreign trade is
an opportunity for economic
growth dropped from 65 percent
in March 2014 to 53 percent in
April .
During that time, the per-
centage of Oregonians who
believe trade is more of a threat
to the economy increased from
19 percent to 36 percent.
“Our polling data reveal that
Oregonians are less certain that
international trade is a good deal
for our state and our country in
Creating jobs
Doug Badger, executive
director of the Pacifi c North-
west International Trade Asso-
ciation, deplores the criticisms.
Although Trump, Sanders and
— to a lesser extent — Clin-
ton have all claimed such trea-
ties have reduced the number
of American jobs, Badger says
the opposite is true, especially in
Oregon.
“Trade is creating jobs in the
country and the region, which is
especially dependent on trade.
And they are good-paying jobs,”
says Badger, whose organiza-
tion is aligned with the Portland
Business Alliance and is push-
ing for approval of the TPP.
Badger notes that support
for international trade is still
above 50 percent in Oregon,
which he says is a good thing.
But he worries the criticisms by
the presidential candidates will
make it harder to win approval
of the TPP and future trade
agreements.
“The politicians are saying
one thing but the economy is
saying another when it comes to
trade,” he says.
Davis agrees there’s little
public understanding of the ben-
efi ts of trade.
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Stagnant wages
TPP opponent Michael
Shannon of the Oregon Fair
Trade Campaign argues that just
the opposite is true.
“The public isn’t responding
to the politicians, the politicians
are responding to the public,”
Shannon says.
“People are tired of stagnant
wages and increasing inequal-
ity, and previous trade deals
have shipped good paying jobs
with benefi ts overseas,” says
Shannon, whose organization
EO Media Group
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“Like we see in our research
about public understanding of
the basics of governance and
public fi nance, there’s a great
deal of ignorance about interna-
tional trade. And the Trans-Pa-
cifi c Partnership agreement?
You got to be kidding; there’s
next to no facts-based under-
standing of what it is and how
it affects Oregon’s economy —
positively or negatively,” Davis
says.
includes labor, environmental
and social justice organizations.
Shannon and other oppo-
nents point to a recent study
by the United States Interna-
tional Trade Commission that
says some manufacturing jobs
would be lost because of the
TPP, although other sectors of
the economy, like agriculture,
would benefi t.
Davis confi rms his com-
pany’s polls are fi nding deep
public dissatisfaction with the
economy.
“Nearly half of Oregonians
believe that America has got-
ten the short end of the stick,
perhaps in a nod of agreement
with Trump and Sanders about
the exportation of manufactur-
ing and other blue-collar jobs
that once served as the back-
bone of our economy. Many of
these same people are not con-
sidering, because they’re not
aware, the benefi ts of interna-
tional trade such as lower prices
and the availability of a wider
LOTTERIES
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Mateusz Perkowski/EO Media Group
Cargo containers are shown being loaded on ships at the
Port of Portland in this file photo. According to two polls
conducted by DHM Research, the percentage of Orego-
nians who believe foreign trade is more of an opportunity
for economic growth dropped from 65 percent in March
2014 to 53 percent in April 2016.
A 2013 study by the Value
of Jobs Coalition found that $20
billion worth of Oregon goods
and services were exported
in 2012. There were 490,000
jobs tied directly or indirectly
to international trade that year,
up 20,000 from 2010. And the
amount of Oregon’s trade-re-
lated employment grew 7.5
times faster than total employ-
ment between 2004 and 2011,
said the study, which was sup-
ported by such business groups
as the Portland Business Alli-
ance and the Port of Portland.
The TPP is an agreement
between the United States, Can-
ada, Japan, Australia, Brunei,
Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New
Zealand, Peru, Singapore and
Vietnam. According to Bad-
ger, seven of Oregon’s top 11
export markets were on this list
in 2015, and they accounted for
nearly half of all of Oregon’s
export value that year.
“The export of Oregon goods
and services will only increase
if we can reform the rules and
reduce the tariffs with our major
trading partners,” Badger says.
Shannon counters that the
biggest companies, such as
Nike, benefi t most from such
deals, not average workers.
Because of the political cli-
mate, some observers believe
President Obama will ask the
lame-duck session of Congress
to approve the TPP after the
November general election.
The Capital Bureau is a col-
laboration between EO Media
Group and Pamplin Media
Group.
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THURSDAY
range of goods and services,”
he says.
ILWACO, Wash. — Two
adults died in a head-on col-
lision Sunday afternoon on
U.S. Highway 101 north of
its junction with Sandridge
Road, near Black Lake,
according to Washington
State Trooper Russ Winger.
Drivers of both cars, both
adult females, died at the
scene. Passengers were trans-
ported as a precaution but
didn’t suffer serious injuries,
he said.
Ilwaco Fire Department,
Medix Ambulance Com-
pany, Pacifi c County Fire
District No. 1, Washington
State Police and Long Beach
Police responded. The acci-
dent is still under investiga-
tion. The victims’ identities
have not been released.
The accident occurred
just north of where San-
dridge Road merges with
Highway 101 and did not
involve the intersection,
the Washington State Patrol
said .
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Seaside Community Center
Commission, 10 a.m., 1225
Avenue A.
Seaside Library Board, 4
p.m., Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board, 6
p.m., regular meeting and
executive session, 34583 U.S.
Highway 101 Business.
Gearhart City Council, 6
p.m., public hearing on short-
term rentals, Fire Station, 670
Pacifi c Way.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Cannon Beach City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower
St.
WEDNESDAY
Seaside Improvement Com-
mission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Gearhart City Council, 6
p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way.
CORRECTION
Event date incorrect — A feature on the Astoria
Music Festival’s tribute to Bill and Deborah Armington on
3A Friday contained the incorrect date for the event. The
event occurred on June 26.
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