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To: PugetSoundSoldier
OK, so your position on trade is non-existent

Nope. Congress should exercise its Constitutional right and responsibility to regulate foreign trade using the tools that are most appropriate for the circumstances and which best serve the economic interests of the United States. The President, to the extent that he has been granted powers over foreign trade or where he is capable of influencing congressional legislation, should put America's interests first.

Putting our economy on a "free trade" autopilot would be an abdication of those responsibilities.

You hold no position - pro or con - about tariffs.

I would hold that a one size fits all solution to trade questions is a poor approach.

312 posted on 05/11/2009 3:27:38 PM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: Mojave

Got it. Managed trade, not free trade.


313 posted on 05/11/2009 3:28:52 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: Mojave
Congress should exercise its Constitutional right and responsibility to regulate foreign trade using the tools that are most appropriate for the circumstances and which best serve the economic interests of the United States.

Unless Congress ratifies a free trade agreement, yes?

315 posted on 05/11/2009 3:31:02 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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