Over the past four years, our industry has witnessed firsthand how trade policy uncertainty and the levying of high and broad tariffs on our imports and exports has disrupted the chemical value chain and the industries that rely on the business of chemistry. As a general matter, ACC advocates for the elimination and reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers wherever possible. Reducing trade barriers is a better way to support production in the U.S. as opposed to the wielding of blunt trade instruments, which only increase uncertainty and costs and weaken competitiveness. We are also mindful that enabling greater U.S. production may require additional incentives from the U.S. and state governments. These incentives should be constructed in a way that does not distort trade and investment. As we have learned, when the United States implements trade actions such as tariffs, U.S. trading partners respond in kind, often retaliating against competitive U.S. exports, including chemicals.