The Iowa Business Council has joined organizations from eight other states in a campaign to persuade the U.S. House of Representatives to pass Trade Promotion Authority legislation that was passed last month by the U.S. Senate, according to a release. The legislation would authorize the president to negotiate new international trade agreements designed to benefit American business and workers. “Iowa is a net-exporting state, with an economy and future that depends on an open and fair marketplace,” Elliott Smith, executive director of the Iowa Business Council, said in the release. Also participating in the lobbying effort are the California Business Roundtable, Colorado Business Roundtable, Minnesota Business Partnership, New England Council, Oregon Business Council, Pennsylvania Business Council and Washington Roundtable.