国会应批准贸易促进机构立法

经过John Neuffer.，总统兼首席执行官

本周，房子和参议院委员会正在考虑两年庭的贸易优先事项和2015年问责法（TPA-2015），立法将能够实现自由贸易协定，加强美国半导体产业，促进整个美国经济的创造与增长。参议院金融委员会昨天昨天批准了两党的支持，以及本店的方式和意味着委员会今天会投票。SIA强烈支持该立法和敦促委员会成员批准。

TPA-2015, introduced last week by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), would empower U.S. trade negotiators to reach final agreements consistent with negotiating objectives laid out by Congress. If TPA-2015 is enacted, our trading partners would be more likely to negotiate freely with the assurance that final agreements may be voted on by Congress without amendment.

自由贸易对美国经济至关重要，使全球创新和商业传播。贸易对美国半导体产业尤为重要，依赖于全球材料和设备供应商，技术提供商，服务，研发和客户的全球生态系统。2014年，美国半导体公司销售额为17.3亿美元，占全球市场超过一半，其中82％的销售额为美国以外的客户。此外，半导体行业直接雇用了美国高熟练，高工资的近250,000人。由于大多数美国半导体行业的客户在国外，自由贸易对创造和支持这些美国工作至关重要。

贸易Promotion Authority has enabled nearly every U.S. free trade agreement in existence, but it expired in 2007. The United States is currently negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and a WTO Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) – important trade agreements that would result in billions of dollars in global trade of semiconductor products. Without TPA, these agreements may never see the light of day. Congress should swiftly enact TPA-2015 to promote growth and innovation in the semiconductor industry and throughout our economy.