Commentary

Kerry for ìfairî trade

Edwards didn’t say much about trade. Here’s how Kerry addressed the issue last night: So here is our economic plan to build a stronger America: First, new incentives to revitalize manufacturing. Second, investment in technology and innovation that will create the good-paying jobs of the future. Third, close the tax loopholes that reward companies for shipping our jobs overseas. Instead, we will reward companies that create and keep good paying jobs where they belong: in the good old U.S.A. We value an America that exports products, not jobs and we believe American workers should never have to subsidize the loss of their own job. Next, we will trade and compete in the world. But our plan calls for a fair playing field because if you give the American worker a fair playing field, there’s nobody in the world the American worker can’t compete against.