"Whatever trade deals we negotiate when I'm President will be good for American workers, and...they'll have strong labor and environmental protections that we'll enforce."
---Barack Obama, speaking to the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, April 2, 2008
Barack Obama on:
Trade
Barack Obama will fight for a fair trade policy that protects jobs and respects workers.
- Obama voted against the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
- Obama opposes a free trade deal with Colombia, where workers and their rights are under attack.
- Obama pledges to include enforceable labor standards in any trade deal.
- Obama would expand assistance to workers displaced by trade and invest in industries that create jobs.
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