Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100050838

One particular business that does a metal plating service was very concerned about trade and expressed to me how vital it was that they be able to continue to compete with other companies around the world that do metal plating but that they were in jeopardy and loss of business all the time due to trade policy. So whether you are a small business person. farmer. worker. no matter who you may happen to be. trade policies are affecting our country. and we need to be very clear about it. As I was on the campaign trail. 1 ran into people who were recent immigrants who were concerned about immigration policy. and. Mr. Speaker. here is what they told me. They said. look. prior to NAFTA. we were doing okay where we lived. but after NAFTA it got a lot harder to run a farm in certain southern parts of our country. and we just couldnt make a go of it anymore. So some folks started moving north. Now the fact is we have to understand that whether we are talking about small business people. trade unionists. people who have been forced to immigrate. no matter what you are talking about. trade policy is critical. So when I was on the campaign trail. Mr.
Keywords matched
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Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
KEITH ELLISON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MN
Gender
M
Date
2007-05-23
Speech ID
1100050838
Paragraph
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