New Free Trade Agreements Threaten to Kill Jobs and Labor Rights
David Bacon, Truthout: "Last week, President Obama broke his campaign
commitment and put three free trade agreements up for a vote in
Congress. Business interests, ecstatic at the prospect, promise they'll
bring us jobs. Experience tells us, however, their promises are
worthless. Nineteen years ago, when the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) was in Congress, supporters said it, too, would create
jobs and protect labor rights. Before agreeing to new free trade
treaties with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, Congress should look at
the dismal record."
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