Frihandelsopportunism

NEW YORK Här är en artikel i Investors' Business Daily om skillnaderna mellan Barack Obamas och John McCains syn på frihandel. Det sägs ju ibland att Obamas kritiska retorik om frihandel bara är just retorik, och att han egentligen har en mycket mer positiv inställning. Denna text driver motsatt tes, att Obama oftast säger sig vara för frihandel men i själva verket röstar i motsatt riktning i senaten. Utdrag:

The Democratic candidate says he's pro-free trade, but funny things happen to him whenever it's time to vote in the Senate. Other than a pact for Oman, he has opposed every trade treaty put in front of him, telling Honduras, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Nicaragua they weren't good enough.
He has voted to open some doors with Cuba, but none with longtime ally Colombia. His excuses have included slanders about Colombia's labor record, which has seen vast improvements, and claims the pact had no environmental or labor protections, despite Colombia putting them in at the request of Democrats.

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