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Clinton on Ross Perot's "Giant Sucking Sound"; Obama Tries to Have it Both Ways

Holly Shulman, Eyes on Trade. November 19, 2007.

Trade issues on the road to the White House, from Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.

Obama, Clinton & the NAFTA Kabuki Dance

David Sirota, Campaign for America's Future. November 15, 2007.

They don't call it the "silly season" for nothing: Hillary will vote for more of the same failed trade model she opposes; Obama attacks Clinton for supporting the same deal he does.

Trade Fight: Edwards is Right, Obama's Wrong, Clinton's Useless

John Nichols, The Nation. November 8, 2007.

Another NAFTA-Style trade deal? That should be a no-brainer.

Do-Nothing Congress Poised to Do Something on NAFTA-Style Deal With Peru

AlterNetNovember 6, 2007.

A majority of Americans oppose new trade pacts based on the existing model, and this is what the Democratically-controlled Congress gives them?

Death Clock Begins: Bush Sends New NAFTA Expansion to Congress

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. October 1, 2007.

A new investors' protection agreement based on the despised NAFTA model is passing through Congress.

Why Democrats May End Up on the Wrong Side of the Social Security Privatization War

Lori Wallach, Todd Tucker, AlterNet. July 31, 2007.

The push to cover the planet in trade deals is intended to give foreign investors new "rights." Now these deals are being used to keep failed private retirement systems in corporate hands.