1. Armed with leaflets denouncing unfettered trade with China, shop steward Jerry Warfield stood outside the Hoover vacuum factory here and braced for the onslaught. 2. At this juncture in the talks, each side wants to protect a handful of the products under consideration from the full force of unfettered trade in world markets. 3. But textile manufacturers and their employees warned that unfettered trade could harm U.S. cotton growers and garment workers. 4. By common agreement, it was the narrowest escape yet for advocates of unfettered trade with China, including the Clinton administration and the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill. 5. Democrats pointed to those letters to argue that Bush did not share their concerns about labor and environmental standards and should not be given unfettered trade authority. 6. Democrats say unfettered trade agreements will cost U.S. jobs, and Republicans insist U.S. businesses need maximum freedom from labor and environmental requirements to compete with foreign rivals. 7. Interest groups are accusing the three-year-old trade organization of being responsible for gutting environmental laws in the name of unfettered trade. 8. The U.S. economy is already open to Chinese products, and consumers reap the benefits of unfettered trade. 9. Participants fear that unfettered trade will make rich countries richer and developing countries poorer. 10. Bush and his supporters accused opponents of seeking to stifle unfettered trade between the two countries. |
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