Congresswoman Grace Napolitano Hosts Export & International Trade Roundtable in city of Duarte

by admin · Published August 3, 2018 · Updated August 6, 2018

August 02, 2018, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano hosted a roundtable meeting at City of Duarte with her 32nd Congressional District businesses owners. A dedicated group of 200 entrepreneurs and the distinguished guest Zhang Ping, Chinese consul general in Los Angeles. who expressed their opinions and concerns about the tariff war with China.

Napolitano said “this export round table is needed more than ever because the current administration’s trade wars are making it harder for our businesses. Foreign consumers are buying more goods from Europe and Asia to avoid the tariffs.” “The American people have a right to know what this administration’s trade policy goals are and if they are working, All indications are that the trade wars are bad for our economy and bad for jobs.”

The event co-organizer Duarte City Councilman Samuel Kang said the conference topic is “Make Deals, Create Good Quality Jobs in Southern California.”

“These kinds of trade symposiums at the local level will help businesses and ordinary people to realize the unique importance of the U.S.-China trade relationship – to help our friends know it is mutually beneficial and that major countermeasures will cause damage to their local businesses and hurt the interests of the people,” said Zhang Ping, Chinese consul general in Los Angeles.

“As far as the 32nd Congressional District is concerned, China was the district’s third largest export market for goods in 2016 and the fourth largest export market for services in 2015,” Zhang said.