Daniel Griswold (pictured), director of the
Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and author of “
Mad About Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization” (2009), says:
Republican leaders in Congress have been ready from day one to advance free trade by approving three pending trade agreements, with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. President Obama also favors the agreements, as do enough congressional Democrats to ensure their passage.
While the agreements probably will not put a visible dent in the U.S. unemployment rate, they will create better-paying jobs and more prosperity for American households.
Read the entire commentary
here.
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