While President Obama has spent weeks crisscrossing the country publicly promoting his American Jobs Act, ironically in Washington his administration has been focused on lobbying Congress to approve a package of job-killing free trade deals. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the NAFTA-style South Korea Free Trade deal could cost America roughly 159,000 jobs while Colombia would export another 54,000.
Machinists Say A Vote for Trade Deals Could Trigger Primary Challenges |
| By: Jon Walker Monday October 10, 2011 1:00 pm |


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