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We must approve every document negotiated by the US Trade
Representative knuckleheads without amendment, and regardless of stupid
and destructive provisions, so long as the document says "trade
agreement" on the first page. Otherwise we are anti-trade...
protectionists... curling up in the fetal position of self-doubt
and worry.
So say the wacko free traders.
"It's very alarming," Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez said.
"This is the very time for us not to have second thoughts or convey a
lack of confidence in free trade to the world.
The remaining three trade agreements negotiated under Fast Track
rules (Fast Track expired last June) are facing real resistance.
Thankfully.
Sens. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Sherrod
Brown (D-Ohio) presented legislation last week that would make it more
difficult to pass trade agreements unless they are accompanied by a
more thorough financial analysis. It would mandate inclusion of what
they call essential data, such as estimates of how many U.S. jobs would
be lost or gained. "The facts are [Colombia] is another trade agreement
modeled on NAFTA," Brown said. "We will stop it."
Thank you Senators Dorgan and Brown.
Free trade "isn't our pi¿ata, it's not that somebody has a
blindfold on and is striking at it," Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.),
chairman of the trade subcommittee, said. "What's happening here is
that we've had years of a passive trade approach from this
administration. They have had a mindless policy that even if trade is
one sided, it's better than nothing."
Hey Sander. Not only this administration, but the one or two or three before it.
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