How to Be a Free Trade Democrat

Author: Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education
March/April 2004
Foreign Policy

MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT URGENT: How to Be a Free Trade Democrat The Democratic presidential nominee must defeat misconceptions about globalization in order to forge a new trade policy that will both boost economic growth and protect workers.

TO: The U.S. Democratic Party’s Presidential Nominee

FROM: Gene Sperling

RE: A Progressive Free Trade Policy Trade is not much fun, particularly if you’re a Democratic presidential candidate. Many of your key supporters—unions,...

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