Murphy, Schatz, Dem Senators to Lighthizer: No Trade Negotiations With Brazil Until Bolsonaro Protects the Amazon
September 06, 2019
September 06, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Friday led a group of Democratic senators in urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to postpone any trade negotiations with Brazil until President Jair Bolsonaro fully enforces his country's environmental laws and regulations to protect the Amazon from continued illegal deforestation. In the letter, the sena . . .
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Friday led a group of Democratic senators in urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to postpone any trade negotiations with Brazil until President Jair Bolsonaro fully enforces his country's environmental laws and regulations to protect the Amazon from continued illegal deforestation. In the letter, the sena . . .