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Committee advances Tennessee–Ireland trade commission extension after sponsors outline mission
Summary
Representative Powers and a Department of Economic and Community Development liaison described the Tennessee Ireland Trade Commission’s aim to expand bilateral trade; committee members advanced SB 15-56 with nine ayes.
Representative Powers, chair of the Tennessee Ireland Trade Commission, and Cameron Snow, legislative liaison for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, described the commission’s purpose: expanding bilateral trade and investment with the Republic of Ireland, encouraging mutual infrastructure and human-capital investment, and promoting business, education and cultural exchange.
Powers said Ireland is Tennessee’s fifth-largest international trading partner with 68 business establishments, 7,749 jobs and about $137 million in economic trade with the state. Committee members questioned meeting timelines and a remaining vacancy; Powers and Snow said appointments and coordinating visits with Irish representatives had delayed regular meetings. The committee voted nine ayes to advance SB 15-56 to the calendar committee.
