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Oman Deal Is Rotten for Working Families

The Bush-Oman Free Trade Agreement is a rotten deal for American working families.  The Bush-Oman deal follows in the bad tradition of deals like CAFTA, which have caused millions of American jobs to disappear to countries where employers can pay much less and pollute much more.

Even worse – and I can’t emphasize this enough – entering a free trade deal with a country that has an abysmal record on human trafficking is a betrayal of the American commitment to freedom.

I don’t understand how President Bush can make campaign speeches calling for freedom everywhere, and then reward a country that fails to stop the trafficking of people into forced labor.

Tags Asia Bush family Business Candidate Position Child labour Crimes against humanity Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement Free trade Human trafficking International relations Labor Oman Oman–United States Free Trade Agreement Person Career Politics Slavery

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