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February 22, 2008 04:05 PM  Questions the Democratic
Presidential Candidates Need to Answer on Trade & Globalization
The Wisconsin primary featured the first-ever presidential
campaign competition of who opposes the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) the most.  The candidates sparred on a
daily basis to distance themselves from NAFTA and the United
States' soaring trade deficits, loss of more than 3 million
manufacturing jobs and flat median wages that have occurred
since it and the World Trade Organization (WTO) took effect.
Sen. Barack Obama has already sent a massive mailing throughout
Ohio attacking Sen. Hillary Clinton's connections to her
husband's passage of NAFTA and launched a large Ohio television
ad buy on jobs that have been sent offshore. Clinton repeatedly
bashed NAFTA, reiterating her pledge to take a time-out on new
trade agreements. Both candidates made an array of commitments
in a questionnaire fielded by the Wisconsin F