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Janerik Larsson
Janerik Larsson
New York Times rapporterar idag om motståndet inom det demokratiska partiet mot president Obamas båda stora frihandelsförhandlingar (med Asien och Europa).
I spetsen för motståndet står den yttersta vänsterflygeln inom Obamas eget parti:
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a favorite of the Democratic Party’s liberal wing, told a labor forum on Wednesday that trade agreements were among the poor choices that had “left America’s middle class in a deep hole.”
Men även inom det republikanska partiet finns det ett motstånd:
Republicans and centrist Democrats strongly support Mr. Obama’s trade agenda. But given the bitter partisan divisions in Washington and Mr. Obama’s aggressive use of executive action in recent months, it is unclear how unified Republicans will be in support of his trade initiatives.
“This is the rare issue in which he’s going to have more problems with the Democrats than with the Republicans because he is working against the wishes of key elements of the Democratic coalition,” said David Karol, an associate professor at the University of Maryland who studies trade policy. “But some Republicans also just don’t want to give President Obama a victory, period, no matter how much they may like the policy.”