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L'Actualité
Anti-Nafta candidates
by Jonathan Trudel published in L'actualité on April 1, 2008
Since his election as President of the USA in 1992, Bill Clinton had been a champion of free trade. Suffering from major unions rally and the base of his party, traditionally resistant to this principle, he had signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force in 1994. Fourteen years later, at the approach of presidential, his wife, Hillary, and the rival Democrat thereof, Barack Obama, more flirting with protectionism. Both candidates promise to revisit NAFTA and prefer to talk about fair trade rather than free trade. Republicans remain more open to free trade. But Congress, dominated by Democrats, could torpedo any new effort trade liberalization if the Republicans retain control of the White House.
"People do not want a t-shirt cheaper if it costs them their jobs." Barack Obama
"We should review our free trade agreements every five years to ensure they reach their goals. And we should begin with NAFTA, which suffers from serious deficiencies. " Hillary Clinton
"NAFTA has directly lost 900 000 jobs for American workers. […] Should we really submit the interests of those brave Americans to the United Nations, NAFTA, WTO, multinationals and foreign governments? I do not think so. " Lou Dobbs, host of CNN-Features
"Given our close relationship with them, it is in our interest to remind the USA that we are friends. You must be aware that only an elite in the USA recognizes the existence of Canada. There is not much favourable electoral base in Canada there. " Pierre Marc Johnson, former Quebec premier
"The best way to ensure the security of USA is not to fortify our borders with Mexico and Canada, but to establish a common security perimeter around all of North America. It also wants to facilitate the free movement of goods and people on the continent. " Robert Pastor, director of the Independent Working Group on North America
L'Actualité du 1er avril 2008
http://www.lactualite.com/economie/article.jsp?content=20080307_155634_7416
http://www.lactualite.com/economie/article.jsp?content=20080307_155634_7416
Labels: Free trade, Global Econony, International Monetary Fund
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