2000 National Political Awareness Test: on Free Trade
Andy Martin:
Opposes NAFTA, GATT, and WTO
Q: Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?A: No.
Q: Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
A: No.
Q: Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
A: No.
Q: Do you support China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization?
A: No.
Q: Do you support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products?
A: Yes.
Q: Should a nation's human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation status) with the United States?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support normal trade relations (most favored nation status) with Vietnam?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support granting the President "fast-track" authority in trade negotiations?
A: No.
Q: Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?
A: Yes.
Source: 2000 Florida Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
Corrogan Vaughn:
Supports retaliatory tarriffs; opposes Fast Track
Q: Do you support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products? A: Yes.
Q: Should a nation’s human rights record affect its normal trade relations with the US?
A: Yes.
Q:
Do you support normal trade relations with Vietnam?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support granting the President “fast-track” authority in trade negotiations?
A: No.
Q: Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?
A: No.
Source: Congressional 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
Jon Corzine:
Supports NAFTA, GAT, & WTO
Q: Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)? A: Yes.
Q: Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support normal trade relations (most favored nation status) with Vietnam?
A: Yes.
Source: 2000 Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
Jon Corzine:
Supports retaliatorytarrifs; opposes Fast Track
Q: Do you support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products? A: Yes.
Q: Should a nation’s human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation status)
with the United States?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support granting the President “fast-track” authority in trade negotiations?
A: No.
Q: Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?
A: Yes.
Source: 2000 Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
Scott Howell:
Supports NAFTA, GATT,WTO, and fast-track
Q: Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?A: Yes.
Q: Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade
Organization (WTO)?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization?
A: Yes.
Q: Should a nation's human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation status) with the United States?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support granting the President "fast-track" authority in trade negotiations?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?
A: No.
Source: 2000 Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2000
George Allen:
Supports expanding Free Trade
Allen AGREES with the following statements:- Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
- Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
- Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade
Organization (WTO)?
- Should a nation’s human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation status) with the United States?
- Do you support granting the President fast-track authority in trade negotiations?
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Sep 20, 2000
David McReynolds:
Opposes NAFTA, GATT, WTO, Fast Track
Stances on free trade:- DOES support normal trade relation (most favored nation) status with Vietnam
- Does NOT support granting the President “fast-track” authority in trade negotiations
- Does NOT support the trade embargo against Cuba
- DOES support strengthening the American anti-dumping laws to fight imports priced below the manufacturing cost
- UNDECIDED on supporting an open trade policy for the United States
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
May 2, 2000
David McReynolds:
No China in WTO; but don’t link human rights to trade
Does NOT support China becoming a member of the World Trade OrganizationDoes NOT support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American productsDoes NOT believe that a nation’s human
rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation) trading status with the United StatesDoes NOT support the trade embargo against Cuba DOES support normal trade relation (most favored nation) status with Vietnam
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
May 2, 2000
Alan Keyes:
Separate naturalization (legal) from border patrols
Keyes supports the following principles concerning immigration:- Increase the immigration quota for computer & technology workers
- Establish English as the official national language
- Separate the INS into two bureaus: one for naturalization
and one for border patrol
- Keyes says, “Continuing America’s generous reception of new citizens from all the peoples of mankind will require that we show an enlightened resolve to form these new Americans in our heritage of ordered liberty.”
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Jan 13, 2000
Harry Browne:
Let in the huddled masses
Browne does not support any INS activities nor any immigration restrictions. He says, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free!”
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Jan 13, 2000
Harry Browne:
Open trade policy without NAFTA or WTO
Browne supports the following principles concerning free trade:- Against NAFTA
- Against GATT
- Against membership in the WTO
- Against imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American
products
- A nation’s human rights record should not affect its MFN trading status
- Supports MFN status with Vietnam
- Against the trade embargo on Cuba
- Against strengthening the anti-dumping laws
- Support an open trade policy
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Jan 13, 2000
John Hagelin:
For anti-dumping & counter-tariffs; not NAFTA & Fast Track
Hagelin supports the following statements regarding free trade issues: - Opposes NAFTA
- Undecided on GATT & WTO
- Supports imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products
- Agrees that a nation’s human rights record should affect its trading status with the US
- Opposes Fast Track authority for trade negotiations
- Strengthen anti-dumping laws
- Supports an open trade policy
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Jan 13, 2000
Orrin Hatch:
Supports NAFTA, GATT, WTO, Fast-Track
Hatch supports the following principles regarding free trade: - Supports NAFTA
- Supports broadening NAFTA to include other countries in the western hemisphere
- Supports GATT
- Supports continued US membership in the WTO
- Supports
China becoming a member of the WTO
- Supports imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products
- A nation’s human rights record should affect its MFN trading status with the
US
- Supports granting the President “fast-track” authority in trade negotiations
- Supports the trade embargo against Cuba
- Supports strengthening the
anti-dumping laws which give the Commerce Department additional power to fight imports priced below the manufacturing cost
Source: 2000 National Political Awareness Test
Jan 13, 2000
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