WASHINGTON—The Clinton campaign’s former strategist Mark Penn, isn’t the only one backing the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. He’s right in line with The Automotive Trade Policy Council (ATPC) and its member companies -- Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation who “support and encourage Congressional approval of,” the agreement.
“The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement is a solid and beneficial agreement that will expand exports of U.S. products and strengthen U.S. economic relations with another important partner in Latin America,” said Stephen J. Collins, ATPC President. “Colombia already has open access to the U.S. market and this Free Trade Agreement will open their market.
“Now that the President has sent the agreement to Congress for a vote, we hope that both the House and Senate will pass it by strong margins,” said Collins.
Both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have stated their opposition to this agreement. The agreement is opposed by seven US unions representing six million workers because of the impact they believe it will have on workers in this country and because of the high level of violence against Colombian trade unionists.
The unions in the US that are opposing the agreement: the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers' International Union of North America, Service Employees International Union, UNITE HERE, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Farm Workers of America, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
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