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Betty Sutton: Well, again, this is the way those who like what is going on with our trade deals, and those would be more or less the…

On the recordMarch 5, 2007
Well, again, this is the way those who like what is going on with our trade deals, and those would be more or less the multinational companies who are very involved in helping to push them, whenever we start talking about this and the real impact and the real effects, they like to call you names like protectionist. That is how they shut the debate down; but we can't allow that to happen, because, again, this is not a question of protectionism versus trade. It is a question about what are the rules of trade going to be. We just have to keep saying that, because there are going to be voices out there that would like people to believe otherwise. But all we are talking about is what kind of rules of trade do we believe should be engaged in.
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Betty Sutton
Ohio

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Discussing the implications of trade deals and the terminology used in the debate.

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