Congressional Black Caucus debate: on Free Trade

Barack Obama: Enforce environmental & labor provisions in trade agreements

OBAMA: Well, in a year’s time, it’ll be me who’s enforcing them. We’re going to make sure that the right thing is being done. It is absolutely critical for us to understand that NAFTA was an enormous problem. The permanent trade relations with China, without some of the enforcement mechanisms that were in there, that you voted for, was also a significant problem. And we’ve got to all move forward as Democrats to make sure that we’ve got trade deals that work for working people and not just for corporate profits.