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Frank Pallone: The bottom line, as the gentleman pointed out, is there is a lot we can do. First of all, we can sort of review all…

On the recordMarch 10, 2004
The bottom line, as the gentleman pointed out, is there is a lot we can do. First of all, we can sort of review all these agreements. I think it was John Kerry who said that once elected President that he would spend like the first 6 months reviewing all the existing free trade agreements to see to what extent they are harming the United States. And as the gentleman pointed out, the U.S. can file complaints with the WTO, can investigate how these other companies subsidize things and dump them in the United States. There are a lot of things we can do that this administration is not doing. And most important, stop signing new free trade agreements with other countries. Because I guess the majority of countries still do not have free trade agreements with the United States, and so simply not continue the policy until we review it and see how we can protect ourselves.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the need to review free trade agreements and protect U.S. interests.

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