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Free trade should not mean free labor. Stephen F. Lynch#Free 69
Stephen F. Lynch#Free 69
Now, given the experience that we have had thus far, with our subsequent trade agreements with NAFTA and others, you would think that with our experience of job loss that we have had there that when you find yourself in a hole that you might stop digging. Stephen F. Lynch#Agreements 62
Stephen F. Lynch#Agreements 62
Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that. Stephen F. Lynch#Average 59
Stephen F. Lynch#Average 59
The one thing that I have been struck with, after coming here to Congress is, how many people in Washington, D.C. talk about job loss like they are talking about the weather, or a natural disaster like an earthquake. Stephen F. Lynch#Coming 57
Stephen F. Lynch#Coming 57
Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor. Stephen F. Lynch#Adverse 55
Stephen F. Lynch#Adverse 55
Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts. Stephen F. Lynch#Benefits 48
Stephen F. Lynch#Benefits 48
You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe. Stephen F. Lynch#Agreements 40
Stephen F. Lynch#Agreements 40
Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade. Stephen F. Lynch#Cafta 27
Stephen F. Lynch#Cafta 27
Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties. Stephen F. Lynch#American 24
Stephen F. Lynch#American 24
I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members. Stephen F. Lynch#Members 24
Stephen F. Lynch#Members 24
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