Johanns on Free Trade Agreements

7/14/2010 9:15:00 AM
By: WJBC Staff

In an op-ed piece published in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns called on President Obama to take immediate action on pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea...

   
Citing Canada’s recently-approved free trade agreement with Colombia, Johanns says the rest of the world isn’t waiting around on free trade...


   
Johanns says he’s encouraged by recent reports that President Obama is showing a renewed commitment to the FTAs. But Johanns says it’s time for back up those words with action...

   
Johanns says the President is trying to have it both ways, talking up free trade and trying to appease the nation’s labor unions at the same time.

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