The two major party candidates in Iowa’s third congressional district answered 18 questions in an hour-long radio debate Sunday night. Republican Congressman David Young expressed support for the T-P-P. “There’s a unique opportunity with the Trans Pacific Parternship, just that Asian ring out there of 12 countries, right? We need to get our goods there. We need to get our services there. We need to get our values there and also strategically China is right there in the background, o.k.?” Young said. “We need to get there before China does.”

Jim Mowrer of Des Moines, Young’s Democratic challenger, called the T-P-P a “bad deal. “We need to have trade deals that have environmental standards, that have labor standards and will pay off for the American economy in a big way,” Mowrer said. “…Even people like Donald Trump know that the TPP is bad for our country.”

Last (Sunday) night’s debate was held in the K-M-A studios in Shenandoah and broadcast live. The two candidates will debate again this Wednesday in Council Bluffs.

(Radio Iowa)