On April 8, President Bush sent the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to Capitol Hill. This agreement would give special trade preferences to a government that has done little to respect workers' rights.
The agreement is another in a series of bad trade pacts negotiated by the Bush White House, deals that have contributed to a U.S. trade deficit of $712 billion in 2007, massive job loss and shrinking paychecks. Such trade deals have contributed to the loss of 3 million manufacturing jobs in the United States since 2001.
In April, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed from the FTA, delaying a vote indefinitely. But Bush, the Colombian government and corporate lobbyists are pushing hard for a vote this year—and working people across the United States are letting members of Congress know they oppose this deal.
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- Read the report, , (September 2008).
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- Download the flier, .
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JOHN MCCAIN ON TRADE - Sen. John McCain supported the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and voted for every other bad trade agreement that has come up—despite their negative impacts on U.S. workers. Get his full record here.
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