November 11, 2010<\/p>\n
Statement on the Korea Free Trade Agreement <\/strong><\/span> “The President\u2019s decision not to force a trade deal that isn’t right for the American people is a hopeful sign.<\/p>\n “Polling this fall plainly showed that voters blame offshoring for the country\u2019s high unemployment and continued economic stress.\u00a0 Advancing the largest free trade agreement since NAFTA certainly would not have allayed voters\u2019 concerns.<\/p>\n “This is underscored by Pew Charitable Trust poll results released this week that found a strong majority of Americans believe that free trade agreements lead to job losses and that the public particularly questions the impacts of trade with South Korea and China.<\/p>\n “As negotiated by the Bush administration, the current Korea pact represents exactly the type of job-killing trade policy that voters have rejected in election-after-election and that President Obama himself campaigned against.\u00a0 The President made both the smart policy choice and the smart political choice in not rushing forward with an agreement that would have cost the country jobs.<\/p>\n “We\u2019re very supportive of the President\u2019s trade reform commitments, and look forward to greater progress in that area.\u00a0 A trade reform agenda is something that could unite the electorate, and hopefully Congress as well.”<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n The Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC) is a national coalition whose members include labor, environmental, family farm, faith and civil society organizations, as well as regional, state and city-based coalitions, organizations and individual activists throughout the United States.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 11, 2010 Statement on the Korea Free Trade Agreement by Arthur Stamoulis, Director, Citizens Trade Campaign “The President\u2019s decision not to force a trade deal that isn’t right for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nby Arthur Stamoulis, Director, Citizens Trade Campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n