Congressman Kurt Schrader is currently serving his seventh term in the United States House of Representatives. He represents Oregon's 5th Congressional District, which includes all of Marion, Polk, Lincoln and Tillamook Counties as well as the bulk of Clackamas and small portions of Multnomah and Benton Counties. Before being elected to Congress, Schrader, a farmer and veterinarian for more than thirty years, established and managed the Clackamas County Veterinary Clinic in Oregon City and operated his farm where he grew and sold organic fruit and vegetables.
TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY:
Comparison of 2002 TPA and 2014 TPA Proposal
EXISTING FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS:
USTR Fact Sheets: http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements
TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
USTR Fact Sheets on TPP: http://www.ustr.gov/tpp
STATE DATA:
Commerce Department’s Interactive State Export site: http://tse.export.gov/TSE/TSEReports.aspx?DATA=SED
Commerce Department’s Interactive State Import site: http://tse.export.gov/stateimports/TSIREports.aspx?DATA=
Census Bureau’s prepared state-by-state trade figures: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/
Department of Agriculture’s state-by-state ag exports: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-export-data.aspx
LOCAL DATA:
Commerce’s “Metro Area Exports:” http://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/metroreport/
Transport’s Port-by-Port Traffic by Container and Tonnage: http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm
Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance data: http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/StatMap2012.cfm
NATIONAL DATA:
US International Trade Commission’s “Dataweb”: http://dataweb.usitc.gov/
Census’ Monthly Trade figures: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/current_press_release/
Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Services-Trade Figures: http://www.bea.gov/international/international_services.htm.
Department of Agriculture national ag trade figures: http://www.fas.usda.gov/gats/default.aspx
Treasury Department’s foreign debt by country: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticsec2.aspx
Census’ trade by mode and weight: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/ft920_index.html
Transport’s Border (NAFTA) trade figures by ‘mode’ (air, truck, pipeline, rail, and shipping for trade with Canada and Mexico): http://transborder.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/
INTERNATIONAL:
WTO annual trade statistics reports: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/its_e.htm
WTO country-by-country tariff rates: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/tariff_profiles12_e.pdf