http://i3.democracynow.org/2009/8/11/obama_reverses_campaign_pledge_to_renegotiate
President Obama has wrapped up a two-day visit to Mexico for talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The three leaders met in Guadalajara to discuss issues including immigration reform, trade, Mexico’s drug war, the crisis in Honduras, and the swine flu outbreak. It was Obama’s first official summit under the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
On the campaign trail, Obama had promised to open up NAFTA to renegotiations. But he’s backed off that pledge since taking office, blaming the global economic meltdown. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Obama said, quote, “At a time when the economy has been shrinking drastically and trade has been shrinking around the world…we probably want to make the economy more stabilized in the coming months before we have a long discussion around further trade negotiations,” he said.
Obama’s reversal on NAFTA has come under criticism from labor and human rights groups. In Mexico, NAFTA has been blamed for squeezing out small Mexican farmers, depressing wages, and spurring waves of immigration to the United States. Before the summit, a group of protesters gathered at the US embassy in Mexico and called on Obama to uphold his campaign pledge. This is Dolores Rojas of Oxfam.
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Ennui 12th March 2010
This barely suprises me. The man’s never even run a lemonade stand, much less voted while he was a senator. Luckily good looks and racial diversity are enough to qualify for president these days.
You should know by now that no one who voted for him did so by his policies. They voted for him because a) he was black b) YES WE CAN YES WE CAN YES WE CAN or c) they were trolling the ballot boxes.
Anyone still supporting him is an arm-chair political observer doing so because it’s the hip and counter-culture thing this week, while thos of us legitimately interested in these sorts of things are left to wonder when MTV will air Spring Break: DC Edition
oohhbother 12th March 2010
His priority is the economy and health care. Obama was very straightforward at the end of the campaign, when the economy was crashing, that many goals would have to be deferred until the economy turned around.
There are 3 1/2 more years in which to pursue other goals once those problems are solved..
Patches O'Houlihan 12th March 2010
Thank goodness for that. No free trade = no prosperity. Protectionism does not "save" jobs, it destroys them.
Ou812 the hate returns pt2 12th March 2010
The only ones who are disappointed are the people who thought he was going to keep his word.
I am not one of them.
snowball45830 12th March 2010
What promise hasn’t he broken ?
Maxwell 12th March 2010
I’ve given up on most of the stuff BO said during the campaign.
He is the same as all the rest. Lots of empty promises just to get into office.
beach heaven 12th March 2010
Why is anyone surprised? For goodness sake, understand he lied to get elected. People wanted change so bad that they did not see what was in front of their faces. Which only verifies the old adage, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR YOU MIGHT JUST GET IT!
paulcondo 12th March 2010
here in ohio that one promise we hope he keep were losing factory right and left
AmericaFirstMiddleLastAlways 12th March 2010
Obama is negotiating NorCom.
Do you think they made NorCom for show?
DINOLIVES 12th March 2010
times are changing!!!!