Anti-NAFTA Congressman for U.S. Trade Rep?
An experienced Member of the Ways and Means trade subcommittee, another Californian lawyer (a profession that has not distinguished itself in the Trade Representative's office, except by a take-no-prisoners advocacy), Xavier Becerra sounds pretty much what Obama promised during his campaign:
"Becerra did originally support NAFTA, but he has apologized for this and worked to oppose CAFTA, giving Bush fast-track authority for trade agreements, and granting China MFN…[He] has an 87% lifetime rating from the AFL-CIO. It's not an A, but it's still pretty good." extract from: Daily Kos
'Good' of course is something that 'Daily Kos' and I will never agree on. I hope that this story is not true, but I fear otherwise because Obama advocated these same views during the campaign. Let's still hope that those people who argued Obama's tired old anti-trade stump rhetoric would change once he was in office are right. But it doesn't look that way right now.
Thanks to Ben Muse for this link.
Posted on 12/04 at 06:01 PM.
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