Reply #11: Their trade policies are fairly similar

[mohc]

Both support strengthening TAA (Trade Adjustment Assistance) and eliminating tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas. They also both put a focus on enforcement, with Clinton specifically stating she would create a new trade enforcement officer position within the office of the USTR, Obama's focus seems to be on getting the WTO to be more active. The difference comes with the attitudes towards NAFTA, CAFTA, etc. Obama is pushing for amending NAFTA, while Clinton wants no new NAFTA like agreements (the media has been referring to this as a "timeout on trade"). The difference here is simply a commitment to changes in trade policies that really started to take shape in the 90s. Clinton wants to review the impact, hold off on new agreements, and then make a later determination. Obama wants to beging changing those trade policies right away.