04/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 14:09 on 04/03/2008 Comments Off
Candidates pander to the electorate over NAFTA

After the vote tallies are in from today’s primary elections in Texas and Ohio, the presidential candidates should stop talking about gutting international trade treaties. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supported the North American Free Trade Agreement when campaigning in Texas but promised Ohio voters that they would force Canada and Mexico to renegotiate NAFTA. The reason for two positions on the same subject can be attributed to pandering for votes in Ohio, which has lost manufacturing jobs in recent years, whereas Texas’ economy has grown significantly since Congress approved the NAFTA treaty promoted by former President Clinton. Since ….Read More

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