Steelworkers press Obama, Clinton to tackle China (History Lesson)
Steelworkers press Obama, Clinton to tackle China
The steelworkers union is running ads in several Ohio newspapers Sunday as part of an effort to push Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) into taking a tougher stand on trade issues with China.
The steelworkers want the candidates to focus more on China in comparison with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico that has been a focus of the two campaigns over the last week.
NAFTA was a big part of this week's debate in Cleveland between Clinton and Obama, and both candidates have said they would seek to renegotiate NAFTA if elected. In contrast, China was barely mentioned during the debate.
While some steel jobs have been lost to Mexico, the union argues a tsunami of jobs are being offshored to China. It says the exodus began when 2,100 jobs were lost with the 1998 closure of a Huffy Bike plant in Celina, Ohio.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/14422-steelworkers-press-obama-clinton-to-tackle-china
Oh they "Renegotiated NAFTA alright - they call it the TPP
I don't think we can take 4 more years of "Trickle Down Recovery"
