 | December 6. Trade Test for
the Democrats.
Washington Post: The house Democrats are about to face a test
of their commitment to America's international leadership, and therefore of
their right to claim the political center. That test is tomorrow's vote on
trade promotion authority, which is essential to the president's ability to
negotiate trade deals. |
| November 29.
Congress Should Put Trade On the Fast Track.
Wall Street Journal: The benefits of trade hardly need
illuminating. America's exports accounted for approximately one-third of our
extraordinary economic growth over the past decade, and exports now support
over 12 million American jobs (nearly three million more than a decade ago).
Jobs supported by exports typically pay 13% to 18% more than comparable
employment. |
| October 31.
Fighting for America's Economy With Free Trade.
An excellent article from the Heritage Foundation
on the importance of increased trade to our economic growth. |
| August 9. Big Labor's dishonest
war on Nafta.
Wall Street Journal: People have been led to
believe that it's all about "road safety," the argument being that Mexican
trucks fail inspections at high rates and therefore would imperil U.S.
highways. The holes in this argument can accommodate semis, but that hasn't
stopped it from becoming the basis of a campaign against Mexican trade
orchestrated by the Teamsters Union and the Democrats. |
| August 2.
In Rebuttal, Mexicans Dispute Claim Their Trucks Are Unsafe.
New York Times: Experts on both sides of the
border say opponents of Mexican trucking, including the Teamsters union, have
marshaled safety statistics that on close examination are misleading or
incomplete. |
| August 2. The
Democrats' Mexican Roadblock.
Washington Post: Suddenly, it is the Democrats who
-- as Republicans are prone to do with regard to immigration and English-only
laws -- are advancing their own interests by sounding racist notions of
Mexican inferiority. Suddenly, it is the Republicans who defend the disparaged
by calling discrimination by its proper name -- as Democrats delight in doing
when the issue at hand is affirmative action or racial profiling. |
| July 25.
Bush
to Congress: Deal fairly with Mexico.
White House: I urge Congress to deal fairly with
Mexico and to not treat the Mexican truck industry in an unfair fashion; that
I believe strongly we can have safety measures in place that will make sure
our highways are safe. But we should not single out Mexico. Mexico is our
close friend and ally and we must treat them with respect and uphold NAFTA and
the spirit of NAFTA. |
| July 14.
Mexican Truckers Protest Red Light at U.S. Border.
Washington Post. This is an issue that may be hard
to follow, but it is a basically a fight between free-trade supporters vs.
Unions, and between the friends of economic development in Mexico and Latin
America vs. the friends of the AFL-CIO. |
| July 5. Big Labor's Big Wheels.
Wall Street Journal: President Bush wants to give
Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways, something they're clearly
entitled to under the North American Free Trade Agreement. The roadblocks are
special interests and a protectionist-minded Congress. |
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