Russ Feingold: “I opposed the Morocco free-trade agreement. Unfortunately, it is one more in what has become an increasing number of…”

“I opposed the Morocco free-trade agreement. Unfortunately, it is one more in what has become an increasing number of deeply flawed trade agreements. These agreements continue to jeopardize U.S. jobs and businesses. They undermine environmental, health, and safety protections. They hinder our ability to loosen restrictions on reimportation of FDA-approved prescription drugs. They limit our ability to use our tax dollars to help our own businesses and workers through buy American policies, and to discourage corporations from reincorporating overseas, and they limit the ability of our democratic institutions to regulate essential services. But though I opposed this trade agreement, I want to underscore my firm belief that our bilateral relationship with Morocco is extremely important. We need our Moroccan partners if we are to succeed in pursuing our first foreign policy priority: the fight against al-Qaida and associated global terrorist organizations.”