Bush Stumping WITH CEOs For NAFTA Expansion

[babylonsister]

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Bush Stumping With CEOs For NAFTA Expansion

Submitted by David Sirota on November 5, 2007 - 6:25pm.

Bloomberg News' headline today reads, "Bush to Meet With CEOs to Stump for Trade Pacts as Vote Nears." The story refers to the upcoming House vote on the Peru Free Trade Agreement - the deal that begins the expansion of the NAFTA trade model into South America.

Here's the excerpt:

"President George W. Bush plans to meet tomorrow with 50 business leaders, including the chief executive officers of Caterpillar Inc. and Harley-Davidson Inc., as he seeks help in lobbying Congress to pass pending trade deals."

How sad, really. A president so utterly isolated that he can't find regular, working Americans to campaign with. Instead, he is running around with superwealthy CEOs trying to tell America that we should embrace NAFTA-style trade policies. Even more sad is that Bush is expected to receive support from a number of Democrats in Congress.

Tomorrow, I should have the audio of my interview with Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) posted. Hare has Caterpillar workers in his district, and is leading the fight against the NAFTA expansion that Bush is trumpeting with the company's CEO.

Here's Rep. Hare's response via David Sirota:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x319104

[Yael]

1. This is going to be very interesting

Anyone who has read Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine, where she closes with the current state of affairs in South America should watch this closely.

According to her research, SA has moved back to an age of protectionism after being financially raped for 30 years by "free" trade and privatization.

[Joanne98]

2. STOP THE PERU TRADE AGREEMENT!