Senate resolution honoring the historic, integrated, and productive relations on the part of both the United States and the State of Vermont with Canada and the Province of Quebec;

urging that Congress reassert its role in the crafting of international trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs;

and urging that President Trump remove all tariffs he has imposed on Canada since January 20, 2025, including those outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

VTWhereas, ~~LEG~~the ~~#381842~~United ~~v.1~~States and Canada have been military and diplomatic allies and economic partners, even through episodes of commercial disagreement, since Canadian confederation in 1867, and Whereas, perhaps no American state has a closer and more active two-way relationship with our northern neighbor than the State of Vermont, and Whereas, these ties entail cultural, economic, familial, and personal relationships, and Whereas, many Vermonters and Canadians have enjoyed mutually seamless travel between our countries, and Whereas, in recent years, Vermont State officials repeatedly traveled to Montreal on trade missions and have strived to enhance Vermont-Quebec trade ties, and Whereas, the importance of this relationship is epitomized in the Agency of Commerce and Community Development’s maintenance of a trade office in Canada to work continuously with federal, provincial, and local officials and the private sector to maximize opportunities for a vibrant two-way trading relationship between Vermont and our northern neighbor, and Whereas, on the economic front, for 2023, the Canadian Consulate in Boston reported that Vermont exported $680 million in goods and $165 million in services to Canada, and, that same year, Vermont imported $2.6 billion in goods from Canada, and Canadian investments in the State supported over 17,000 Vermont jobs, and Whereas, according to the Department of Public Service, Vermont sources a significant amount of its commercial and residential energy from Canada, and Whereas, the current USMCA is broadly drafted, covering many aspects of the North American continental economic relationship, and it seeks to maximize a duty-free trading relationship between the United States and Canada, now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate of the State of Vermont honors the historic, integrated, and productive relations on the part of both the United States and the State of Vermont with Canada and the Province of Quebec, and be it further Resolved:

That the Senate of the State of Vermont, in order to preserve a robust and interdependent economy, urges President Trump to remove all tariffs against imports from Canada that were not in effect on January 20, 2025, including those outside the provisions of the USMCA, and be it further Resolved:

That the Senate of the State of Vermont urges the U.S.

Congress to reassert the legislative branch’s role in the crafting of international trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs, and be it further Resolved:

That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to President Donald J.

Trump, Governor Philip B.

Scott, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Quebec Premier François Legault, and the Vermont Congressional Delegation.

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Senate resolution honoring the historic, integrated, and productive relations on the part of both the United States and the State of Vermont with Canada and the Province of Quebec;

urging that Congress reassert its role in the crafting of international trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs;

and urging that President Trump remove all tariffs he has imposed on Canada since January 20, 2025, including those outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

VT ~~LEG~~ ~~#381842~~ ~~v.1~~

Whereas, the United States and Canada have been military and diplomatic allies and economic partners, even through episodes of commercial disagreement, since Canadian confederation in 1867, and Whereas, perhaps no American state has a closer and more active two-way relationship with our northern neighbor than the State of Vermont, and Whereas, these ties entail cultural, economic, familial, and personal relationships, and Whereas, many Vermonters and Canadians have enjoyed mutually seamless travel between our countries, and Whereas, in recent years, Vermont State officials repeatedly traveled to Montreal on trade missions and have strived to enhance Vermont-Quebec trade ties, and Whereas, the importance of this relationship is epitomized in the Agency of Commerce and Community Development’s maintenance of a trade office in Canada to work continuously with federal, provincial, and local officials and the private sector to maximize opportunities for a vibrant two-way trading relationship between Vermont and our northern neighbor, and Whereas, on the economic front, for 2023, the Canadian Consulate in Boston reported that Vermont exported $680 million in goods and $165 million in services to Canada, and, that same year, Vermont imported $2.6 billion in goods from Canada, and Canadian investments in the State supported over 17,000 Vermont jobs, and Whereas, according to the Department of Public Service, Vermont sources a significant amount of its commercial and residential energy from Canada, and Whereas, the current USMCA is broadly drafted, covering many aspects of the North American continental economic relationship, and it seeks to maximize a duty-free trading relationship between the United States and Canada, now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate of the State of Vermont urges the U.S.

Congress to reassert the legislative branch’s role in the crafting of international trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs, and be it further Resolved:

That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to President Donald J.

Trump, Governor Philip B.

Scott, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Quebec Premier François Legault, and the Vermont Congressional Delegation.