Rep. Sandy Levin Statement at Hearing on Pending Free Trade Agreements

[FreakinDJ]

Source: The State Column



(Washington D.C.)- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today at a full Committee hearing on pending Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Peru, South Korea and Colombia.

“While from the outset most Republicans have been calling for immediate passage of all Free Trade Agreements as originally negotiated by President Bush, we have been hard at work fixing them.

“Our approach was that each of the FTAs as originally negotiated did not embody a trade policy responsive to the changing dynamic of a globalized economy and to the best interest of the American people. Trade agreements need to be shaped so that as trade expands the benefits are spread more broadly.

“The intervening period since the initial negotiation of the FTAs has been for us in the Democratic ranks one of action, not of inaction. It has been an intensive effort to get trade policy right.

Read more: http://thestatecolumn.com/state_politics/michigan/rep-sandy-levin-statement-at-hearing-on-pending-free-trade-agreements/

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They are so far off the mark they still don't understand even with all with all the improvements they accredit their selves making to these "Trade Agreements" they are still terribly "One Sided"

[Joanne98]

1. Passing ANY "free trade agreements" was cause a huge revolt among the Dem base!

[ananda]

2. Free Trade Agreements are pure evil.

What we need is Fair Trade for all.

[FreakinDJ]

3. The Best that Corporate Donations can Buy

[chowhound]

4. free trade is a myth

there no such thing as a free ride. the american workers pay for the "free" trade.

[JJW]

5. Free Trade is a CRIME

It only benefits Global corporations that hide their profit in off shore tax free bank accounts. Then they use some of that money to corrupt politicians and undermine workers' rights.