25.3052.01000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives J. Olson, Dockter, Heinert, Novak, M. Ruby
Senators Gerhardt, Kessel, Patten
A concurrent resolution urging the federal government to take actions to enact trade policy that
supports business and workers of the United States while penalizing global polluters.
WHEREAS, Chinese government-owned industry is an arm of the Communist Party and
strives to increase its influence over the global economy by pursuing predatory, unfair trade
practices designed to steal intellectual property and destroy competition from the United States;
and
WHEREAS, China is the greatest immediate obstacle to reducing global pollution and
accounts for one-third of global emissions, more than the rest of the developed world combined,
while it subsidizes its exports by not imposing or enforcing environmental and labor standards
comparable to those in other developed nations; and
WHEREAS, private sector innovation and American resources have led the United States
to eliminate more emissions than any other country in the last fifteen years; and
WHEREAS, the United States' economy is 44 percent more carbon efficient than the world
average; and
WHEREAS, goods produced in China and Russia generate 300 and 400 percent on
average, respectively, more in carbon emissions compared to equivalent goods produced in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, 75 percent of the goods the United States imports are from higher-polluting
countries, and yet the United States is forced to compete with subsidized imports from China
and elsewhere that face few limits on how much they pollute; and
WHEREAS, regulatory policies have blocked resource development on public lands in
North Dakota, resulting in the United States importing over 80 percent of its critical minerals
from foreign sources, with China controlling 85 percent of global processing capacity, thus
enriching China and undermining domestic mineral production capabilities; and
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3009
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WHEREAS, these federal environmental policies have harmed all North Dakotans by
reducing revenue by an estimated $1.2 billion to the state and royalties to mineral owners; and
WHEREAS, holding foreign polluters to the same standards as domestic producers would
provide a plethora of benefits to the state of North Dakota, including diversifying supply chains
by reducing the United States' dependence on imports from high-emitting producers like Russia
and China, decreasing global pollution by holding the biggest polluters accountable to western
environmental standards, and bolstering domestic manufacturing and generating well-paying
jobs in rural areas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
NORTH DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly urges the federal government to support trade
policies that hold high-polluting countries like China and Russia accountable for pollution and
bolster domestic extraction and production; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward a copy of this resolution
to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, and each member of
the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.
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