Free trade should not mean free labor.

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Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade.

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I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.

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Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

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Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen.

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Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.

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I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tenancy to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

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As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers.

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Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

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Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.

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