Kerry Takes Majority (and discusses WTO changes to save jobs)

[papau]

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000176&sid=allgcLPRZXT4&refer=us_elections

Kerry Takes Majority in Idaho, Utah, Hawaii Contests
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- <snip> Kerry, 60, yesterday met with union members at a shuttered steel mill in Struthers, Ohio, to highlight the loss of about 2.3 million jobs in the U.S. since President George W. Bush, 57, took office. Edwards, 50, scheduled stops in Georgia.

Kerry said he would review all U.S. trade agreements if he is elected president in November and would use ``the full force of the World Trade Organization'' to pressure other nations such as China on trade and currency.

China's trade surplus with the U.S. was $124 billion last year, the largest bilateral trade gap in history. The imbalance is driven by China's export of apparel, electronics, automobile parts and other factory goods.

Edwards, who campaigned in Ohio on Sunday, said he would attempt to renegotiate existing trade accords to impose stricter labor and environmental rules on trade partners. <snip>

Jay Newton-Small in Struthers, Ohio, at [e-mail]
Joe Sobczyk in Washington at jsobczyk@bloomberg.

[redqueen]

1. He's talking about nibbling around the edges

*sigh*

[papau]

2. Interesting that they don't report currency level/labor/Enviro Law talk)

:-)

[redqueen]

3. Is it? I find it hardly surprising.

Typical, actually.

[el_gato]

4. We should abolish the WTO

along with the
IMF
CIA
FBI
NED
World Bank
NAFTA
FTAA
and every other unaccountable tool of the elite

[revcarol]

5. AFL/CIO twists his arm off, and all Kerry can do is say,

"we will review these agreements within 120 days...":argh:

BECAUSE HE VOTED FOR THE DAMN THINGS,,,first, one...then another...then another...then another...

Don't you love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning?:spank:

[papau]

6. When new jobs are at a 22 million per 8 year clip - trade agreements

do not seem to hurt!