I believe that the extension of the Andean Trade Preferences is crucial in promoting the development of the economically and politically fragile Andean region while at the same time supporting the United States geopolitical goals. ATPDEA has been enormously successful. as all my colleagues have stated. having created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the Andean region. Every job created in the Andean region. as was mentioned before. is another potential illegal immigrant remaining in their home country. Without the extension of ATPDEA. these jobs. which are in sectors that do not directly compete with U.S. jobs. will be eliminated. I just returned a few short days ago from leading a bipartisan congressional delegation which included Ecuador and Bolivia.
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