2008 Presidential Election

From the transcript (nothing really new here, but I'll post it anyway): McCain: ... By the way, when Sen. Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Canadians said, "Yes, and we'll sell our oil to China." You don'

WITA had a recent event on the trade policy differences between an Obama and a McCain administration.  Lael Brainard represented the Obama campaign and Phil Levy represented the McCain campaign.  The event was not available online as far as I could tell, but a couple news organizations covered it.  Here&

In a Q & A with the Detroit Free Press, Obama explains that he is for free trade, but he wants the U.S. to do a better job negotiating and he wants labor and environment standards included in trade agreements: Q: You’ve been accused of flip-flopping on the

First John McCain brags about buying American, rather than foreign, cars.  Then Barack Obama puts together a TV ad alleging that McCain lied and actually owns several foreign-made cars.  You can see the ad, which includes the McCain statement, here:  http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/amandascott/gGg9HV I

More from the WSJ trade discussion between Obama and McCain advisers. Question #4: ... For the McCain camp: Nafta came into effect 14 years ago. What parts aren’t working well? Would you look to remake parts of the pact? ... Philip I. Levy advises the McCain campaign on international trade and

The WSJ has a nice question and answer / debate on trade issues between leading Obama and McCain advisers.  Here's Obama adviser Dan Tarullo's response to a question about what exactly Obama does not like about NAFTA: Question #4: Sen. Obama has said he would renegotiate Nafta.

Well, one of Obama's advisers, anyway: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wants a successful end to long-running world trade talks, but will closely review any deal reached by the Bush administration, an Obama adviser said on Wednesday. "Sen. Obama believes we need to change our trade focus

From Reuters: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama weighed in Monday, saying it would be a "a shame" if the iconic American brewer was acquired by a foreign company. "I don't think we can pass a law to prevent Budweiser's shareholders -- Anheuser Busch&