latimes.com - 12/5/2008
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Deep down, we had hoped Barack Obama was fibbing when he bashed the North American Free Trade Agreement on the campaign trail. After all, his senior economic policy advisor had, according to a leaked memo, assured Canadian officials that the talk was "more reflective of political maneuvering ...
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L.A. Political Hack as Trade Rep?
Hit & Run —
... the U.S. trade representative job to Xavier Becerra, a truly mediocre machine-politics hack from Southern California. My former colleagues at the L.A. Times editorial board say it well: ...
LAT: Obama's Choice for Trade Representative is Smoot-Hawley-riffic!
Weekly Standard Blog —
Where is the Obama campaign's renowned hypocrisy when we need it? Austan Goolsbee himself assured us (via a meeting with Canadian officials) that Obama's NAFTA bashing was just political posturing, not indicative of policy.
But now he's reportedly offering the job of U.S. Trade Representative to a staunch protectionist:
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) could become the administration's point person on international trade. He's a terrible choice, and not just because of a history of unsavory behavior -- such as his ...
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