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David McReynolds on Free Trade


Opposes NAFTA, GATT, WTO, Fast Track

Source: Vote-Smart.org NPAT questionnaire May 2, 2000

WTO is an instrument of oppression

We oppose the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization as instruments of oppression throughout the world.

We call for the reassessment of all international trade negotiations in light of workers’, farmers’, consumers’, and environmental interests.

Source: (X-ref Foreign Policy) Socialist Party Platform Jan 1, 2000

No China in WTO; but don’t link human rights to trade

  • Does NOT support China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization
  • Does NOT support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products
  • Does NOT believe that a nation’s human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation) trading status with the United States
  • Does NOT support the trade embargo against Cuba
  • DOES support normal trade relation (most favored nation) status with Vietnam
    Source: Vote-Smart.org NPAT questionnaire May 2, 2000

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