SB248 establishes the Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission to “advance bilateral trade and investment,” “initiate joint action on policy issues,” and “encourage mutual economic support.”

The House passed SB248 on May 8, 2024, by a vote of 147 to 0. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because this trade commission between Connecticut and Ireland undermines state and national sovereignty. Supported by the World Affairs Council of Connecticut and the Ireland-Connecticut Business Council, it serves as a sub-federal forum for globalists to push for a supra-national “free trade” agreement between the United States and the European Union. “Free trade” necessitates “open borders,” which is why Article I of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations” and specifies that “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress … enter into any Agreement or Compact with … a foreign Power.” The potential for political and economic integration involving the U.S. and the EU threatens to end American liberty and independence—the penultimate step to building a totalitarian one-world state. The Constitution was written to secure the interests of “ourselves and our Posterity,” so the people of Connecticut must demand that lawmakers uphold it by pursing a policy of America First.