Sens. Brown, Sessions, Schumer, Graham, and Stabenow to Introduce the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2015. Addressing Currency Manipulation Could Create Nearly Six Million Jobs by Leveling the Playing Field for American Manufacturers and Workers.
[Reposted from Senator Sherrod Brown’s website | February 9, 2015]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Congress prepares to review the Administration’s trade agenda, a bipartisan group of senators will unveil legislation to stand up for American jobs and American manufacturers by holding accountable countries – like China – that cheat trade law by manipulating their currency. During a press conference on Tuesday, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) will outline their legislation that would reform and enhance oversight of currency exchange rates.
The Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2015 would use U.S. trade law to counter the economic harm to U.S. manufacturers caused by currency manipulation, and provide consequences for countries that fail to adopt appropriate policies to eliminate currency misalignment.
The Peterson Institute estimates that that interventions in currency markets by foreign governments have cost U.S. workers as many as five million jobs over the last decade by making it more difficult for U.S. exporters to compete in other countries and by subsidizing their exports. The Economic Policy Institute further found that ending currency manipulation could reduce the U.S. trade deficit by as much as $500 billion within three years, increase GDP by as much as $720 billion, and create as many as 5.8 million American jobs—all while reducing the federal budget deficit by as much as $266 billion.
WHO:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow
WHAT:
Press Conference Announcing Bipartisan
Legislation to Combat Currency Manipulation
WHEN: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 12:00 PM
WHERE: Senate Radio-Television Gallery – U.S. Capitol Room S-325
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Press Contact
Contacts:
Meghan Dubyak (Brown): 202-224-3978
Stephen Miller (Sessions): 202-224-4124
Matt House (Schumer): 202-224-2939
Lorcan Connick (Graham): 202-224-5972
Rachel McCleery (Stabenow): 202-224-4822
