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October 13, 2011

Congress Approves Long-Stalled Trade Deals 
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Congress has approved a long-delayed, so-called "free trade" pact with
South Korea, Panama and Colombia. The deals had been stalled in part due
to objections from labor groups over the effect on U.S. workers, as well
as Colombia's record on the killings of union activists. In the Senate,
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio criticized the agreements.

Sen. Sherrod Brown: "We should be ashamed of ourselves for passing these
agreements period and especially for passing them under these
provisions. I hope the administration learns something from this. I hope
the administration decides on these trade agreements instead of being on
the side of the largest corporations in the country and the world, which
don't always look out for American interests. I hope the administration
and the members of the House and the Senate will decide they want to be
on the side of American families, American communities, of American
workers, of American small companies that make stuff and want to sell it
all over the world."



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