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The local longshoremen’s union said today that it will file a lawsuit challenging plans to build a sports arena in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood. The group said the Sodo location jeopardizes jobs and freight mobility.
“Our union supports the return of the NBA to Seattle, and we are not opposed to an arena somewhere in the Puget Sound region. But we cannot stand idly by while Mr. (Chris) Hansen and his well-connected lobbyists, along with our elected officials, build an arena in a location that threatens the livelihood of our members and many other workers in the maritime industry and Sodo,” said Cameron Williams, President of Local 19 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
The group said it plans to file suit in King County Superior Court challenging the expected approval Monday of an agreement between Hansen and Seattle and King County to build a $490 million sports arena with $200 million in public bonds.
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Mexico is, dollar for dollar, the most dynamic U.S. export market. As the second-largest U.S. export destination, Mexico consumed nearly $200 billion in U.S. goods last year (more than China and Japan combined). In addition, last year’s $34 billion increase in U.S. exports to Mexico outpaced the value increase to all the priority export markets for Washington’s National Export Initiative.
The inclusion of Mexico and Canada in TPP membership will result in a 21st century trade agreement that encompasses 30 percent of the world’s GDP, 22 percent of world imports and 19 percent of world exports.
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