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Tacoma/Seattle JOINT MEETING Lunch & Learn - Peter Friedmann AgTC

Mon, Apr 11

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La Quinta Inn & Suites

Join us virtually or in person for the Annual Joint Meeting with the Transportation Club of Tacoma. The guest speaker will be Peter Friedmann - Agriculture Transportation Coalition.

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Tacoma/Seattle JOINT MEETING Lunch & Learn - Peter Friedmann AgTC
Tacoma/Seattle JOINT MEETING Lunch & Learn - Peter Friedmann AgTC

Time & Location

Apr 11, 2022, 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM

La Quinta Inn & Suites, 1425 E 27th St, Tacoma, WA 98421, USA

About the Event

About Peter Friedmann

My predecessors on the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee went for the obvious – to careers in law firms representing mostly foreign ocean carriers; I had those offers too, but went the opposite direction, which no one had done previously, but where my heart was, and still is today — to represent those that supply the cargo, the farmers, ag processors, forest products.

Going the opposite way, to advocate for those that had no advocates when it came to international transportation, export supply chain, has proven so rewarding, and together with those agriculture exporters we have built something powerful and lasting in the AgTC. This work has earned the respect of carriers and ports for exporters, and awareness even in quarters not given to concerning itself with the agriculture in “the hinterland”. For example, after a century of existence, the New York Maritime Society’s Hall of Fame, for…

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