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Joe Crowley: “If I could interject, no longer will our trade agreements be negotiated by our government on behalf of and solely for…”

On the recordMay 22, 2007
If I could interject, no longer will our trade agreements be negotiated by our government on behalf of and solely for the benefit of multinational corporations. This is also under this template an opportunity to negotiate and have the American worker be a part of those negotiations, at least have a sense that someone here on the Democratic Caucus is looking out for their interests and for the interests of the poor people of the countries we're talking about.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York
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Discussing trade agreements and their impact on American workers and international communities.

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