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The U.S. Coalition for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a diverse group of U.S. companies and associations representing the principal sectors of the U.S. economy, is collecting signatures for a joint sign-on letter urging support for TPP. It is critical that Congress understands the importance of the TPP to the future growth of trade, jobs, prosperity and competitiveness of the United States. The letter will be delivered to all members of Congress this fall. NMMA member manufacturers are encouraged to add their company support of TPP to put added pressure on Congress to ratify TPP during the lame duck. Some facts on the direct benefits for boating:

• Establishes a regulatory coherence committee to implement good regulatory practices, state coordination and transparency. 
• Reduces technical barriers to trade through new obligations of transparency and greater stakeholder engagement.
• The elimination of tariffs on U.S.-made recreational transportation products (boats and RVs) in Japan and New Zealand will enhance the competitiveness of U.S. products in those high-income markets.
• The elimination of tariffs on recreational transportation products in Malaysia and Vietnam (which apply tariffs as high as 70%) will provide U.S. producers greater access to the growing middle class in those markets.

This letter is open to all businesses/corporations, business associations, state and local chambers and allied organizations.  We urge you to distribute widely within your networks to solicit as many signatures as possible.

If your organization signed previous Coalition letters in support of the TPP it will be automatically added to this current letter.

If your organization has not participated in past Coalition efforts to support the TPP, please consider joining this letter by clicking here to add your name today!

The deadline for signatures is Tuesday, November 8, 2016 by 12:00pm EDT.