TRADE
According to the Obama website, Barack Obama will:
• Fight for a trade policy that opens up foreign markets to support good American jobs.
• Work with leaders of Canada and Mexico to amend the North American Free Trade Agreement so it works for American workers.
• Update existing system of Trade Adjustment Assistance to:
--extend it to service industries,
--create flexible education accounts to help workers retrain, and
--provide retraining assistance for workers in sectors of the economy vulnerable to dislocation.
• End tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas.
• Reward companies that support American workers.
According to the McCain website, John McCain will:
• Support free trade.
• Support NAFTA as is.
• Reduce barriers to trade.
• Level the global playing field.
• Build effective enforcement of global trading rules.
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