In Peru Trade Vote, Senate Democrats Join GOP to Approve Another NAFTA Expansion
 
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:58:22 -0600 (CST)

Dec. 4, 2007

In Peru Trade Vote, Senate Democrats Break With Base, Dismiss 
Widespread Public Opposition to More-of-the-Same Trade Policy and 
Join GOP to Vote for Another Bush NAFTA Expansion Pushed by 
Corporations

Seven of Nine Senate Freshmen Democrats Oppose Expanding NAFTA to 
Peru

Statement of Lori M. Wallach, Director of Public Citizen's Global 
Trade Watch Division

Although not one U.S. labor, environmental, Latino, consumer, 
faith or family farm group supported the Peru free trade 
agreement (FTA), a majority of Senate Democrats today broke with 
their base, dismissed widespread public opposition to 
more-of-the-same trade policy and joined Republicans to deliver 
another Bush NAFTA expansion to the large corporations pushing 
this deal.

READ the entire statement at 
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2558.

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