Trade policy comes under the spotlight

Hillary Clinton has put her experience as US first lady at the heart of her presidential campaign, emphasising what an influential figure she was within former President Bill Clinton’s administration.

But there is one part of her husband’s legacy she is careful not to claim credit for: the North American Free Trade Agreement. “All I can remember from that is a bunch of charts,” she joked, when asked about the treaty during a televised debate in November.
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Mrs Clinton’s reticence reflects the intense sensitivity surrounding trade policy in the presidential race, amid mounting public concern about the impact of globalisation on US workers.

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The most bellicose rhetoric has come from John Edwards, the third-placed Democrat whom polls have shown surging back into contention ahead of tomorrow’s Iowa caucuses. He has called for “trade without trade-offs” that puts the interests of “regular families” ahead of multinational corporations.

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IIRC, at one of the debates, ALL OF THE CANDIDATES were asked about NAFTA, and ALL OF THE CANDIDATES, with the exception of Kucinich, had the same exact answer: They would all amend it. None, but DK, would pull out of NAFTA

all they remember is graphs and charts and stuff.

Do you think they are credible?

they're the RW rag of India.

I was wondering why anyone would post something said/writen by someone they don't believe

:boring:

Anyone who believes the right wing could use some nappy-time