10 for 10, the recent Fly-in for TPP

A 10 for 10, the recent Fly-in for TPP. I'm Susan Allen with Washington Ag Today. In less than 48 hours a group made up of ten Washington State business and agribusiness professionals, part of the Washington Council on International Trade, met with ten members of Congress on the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP in protecting our states pacific rim export markets. 17 meetings on trade policy in two days. Wow! John Stuhlmiller, CEO of Washington Farm Bureau has led many trips to DC but in his words this trip in may was special.

STUHLMILLER: "This trip was a stand out for several reasons, one it was the entire delegation plus the two Senators so we had everybody and timing was good for the conversation we were having about trade."

What made this trip different than all your others?

STUHLMILLER: "This event in particular is cool because you sit you sit around the table with the legislaters, so they see Boeing, they see Microsoft, they see Starbucks, they see Farm Bureau, they see and the Potato Commission and on it goes and so it's a great mix. So there are certain legislators' where it's easier for us to get in the door and somewhere for a Boeing or Weyerhaeuser it's easier to get in the door, we are there, but it's the business community "generally" that 's represented so you have open eyes and ears from the congressional members.

John Stuhlmiller CEO of Washington Farm Bureau will be with us tomorrow to explain how our state stands to benefit more than other from TPP.