Jobs? When will President Obama renegotiate NAFTA? [View All]

[Poboy]

While campaigning, you heard millions of Americans attest to the disappearance of secure industrial jobs, the devastated communities and shuttered small businesses that accompanied that job loss and the growing inequality in wealth and opportunity. You heard the clamor for fair trade instead of unregulated “free trade.” You even promised that, if elected, you would renegotiate a treaty that, 15 years after its adoption, is not meeting the social and economic needs of the American people or the needs of most Canadians or Mexicans, for that matter. Campaign rhetoric is not enough; changes are needed in our trade and investment policies. We therefore call upon you, immediately after you take office, to begin renegotiating NAFTA. An overhauled treaty should follow the Principles of Fair Trade , which should also be integral to future trade agreements and the basis for renegotiating existing trade treaties.

http://www.renegotiatenafta.org/

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Laura Carlsen.Director, Americas Program, Center For International Policy
Posted January 12, 2009 | 07:59 PM (EST)
Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-carlsen/obama-reaffirms-promise-t_b_157316.html

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Just another lie I guess.