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Sam Farr says Strong trading partners don't go to war with each other.
About 70 people involved in international trade issues listened as Farr recounted his time spent in the Peace Corps in Colombia after college and other international experiences. Later, when he was a member of the California Legislature, "the question was how to venture overseas and create an international trade commission," he said. Trade offices were established in London, Tokyo and Mexico.
"When Schwarzenegger came in, he cut out every single thing we did with international trade," said Farr. Congressman Sam Farr of California served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia in the 1960's.
Sam Farr says Strong trading partners don't go to war with each other.
Farr: Trade good for business, peace
By Gwen Mickelson
Sentinel staff writer
MONTEREY — Strong trading partners don't go to war with each other.
That was the overarching message on why international trade is important from Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, who on Monday addressed the Monterey Bay International Trade Association of Santa Cruz at a luncheon in Monterey. The event was entitled "Think Local and Act Global."
About 70 people involved in international trade issues listened as Farr recounted his time spent in the Peace Corps in Colombia after college and other international experiences. Later, when he was a member of the California Legislature, "the question was how to venture overseas and create an international trade commission," he said. Trade offices were established in London, Tokyo and Mexico.
"When Schwarzenegger came in, he cut out every single thing we did with international trade," said Farr.
However, said Farr, the Internet has grown, and trade associations have been formed regionally.
"So because they've killed it politically in Sacramento doesn't mean they've killed us," he said.
The big trade issues in Congress this year revolved around the Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, which the U.S. Senate approved June 30. Farr voted against the agreement, saying it was not good foreign policy because it did not include appropriate labor and environmental provisions.
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The next push in Congress is for the Andean Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, said Farr, which he said some hope will help combat narco-trafficking.
"That's nonsense," he said. "We haven't put any money in for alternative crops."
Farr finished by talking about the burgeoning U.S.-China trade deficit, which soared to more than $15 billion at the beginning of 2005.
"We're still trying to bust open markets in China to get our agricultural products in," said Farr. "We need smart and fair trade."
Also at the luncheon, Chris Damm of the Monterey Export Assistance Center presented the Export Achievement Certificate to David Fastenaw of UC Santa Cruz Extension for its English language programs. UC Santa Cruz Extension used the center's Gold Key program, which helps small to medium-size U.S. companies find buyers or distributors overseas.
"We consider bringing a foreign student into the U.S. an export," said Damm, since students buy American goods and bring them back to their homeland.
Other presentations introduced TradePort Collaborator, an online community meant to provide California trade partners with a statewide intranet, and GlobalCalifornia.org, a regional model for a statewide trade promotion services intranet.
Contact Gwen Mickelsonat gmickelson@santacruzsentinel.com.
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