One of the great wrongs of the current presidential campaign is that Hillary Clinton is being allowed to define the terrain.
With the economy sinking like a torpedoed cruise liner, we leave NAFTA and Free Trade behind because Hillary has decided it is time to discuss thresholds for Commander-in-Chief. Little wonder: Any discussion of the economy that does not begin with trade policy is like debating which brand of aspirin we should purchase for a dying patient.
Hillary’s duplicity on Free Trade is a well-chronicled record. Husband Bill was of course the Free Trade champion who pushed NAFTA into law. Said the former president at the NAFTA signing ceremony (12/8/93): "We are on the verge of a global economic expansion that is sparked by the fact that the United States, at this critical moment, decided that we would compete, not retreat."
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If Hillary was opposed to NAFTA it was a well-kept secret. In Living History (2003), the Senator stated: "Creating a free trade zone in North America…would expand U.S. exports, create jobs and ensure that our economy was reaping the benefits, not the burdens, of globalization."