DAVID-BAPTISTE CHIROT: Bush's FTA with Korea

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Action Alert - August 5th, 2010

Bush's FTA with Korea - or Obama's?

Tough Questions Get the Goods. Bird-dog to Stop Bush's Korea FTA!

In a shocker, last month President Obama announced he wants to resolve outstanding issues with Bush's leftover NAFTA-style pact with South Korea -- and pass it through Congress. He still has not said if he will renegotiate Bush's deal in line with his excellent fair trade campaign commitments.

Powerful corporations are desperate for Obama to walk away from his fair trade commitments. We need to make our fierce opposition known today - and Congress must as well - or we'll get stuck with another Bush FTA. August recess is the time to get commitments straight from our elected officials that there's no way they'll support Bush's Korea FTA.
Sign up to bird-dog! Find your members of Congress at town halls, parades and county fairs, and get their commitment to support fair trade and oppose the Korea FTA.

The Korea FTA is becoming the battleground for Obama's trade policy soul. We've lost more than 5 million family-supporting manufacturing jobs since NAFTA. Unemployment hovers near 10 percent, and global food and climate crises fueled by unfair globalization policies are raging. If Obama still sides with multinational corporations against the public interest, he'll be lost to fair traders for good.

What is bird-dogging?

bird-dog (bûrddôg) v.intr. To follow a subject of interest, such as a person or trend, with persistent attention.
One of the most important things that you can do for fair trade is to "bird-dog" your members of Congress - which means following them around until they publicly address your concerns "on the record." The best way to do this is to attend a town hall meeting, a parade, a BBQ or some other public event where your representative or senators will be talking or participating.
Get started now! For tips and talking points, visit:: http://www.tradewatch.org/birddog

The best defense is a good offense. If we get solid commitments from all our members of Congress that they'll oppose any FTAs that don't deliver on Obama's own fair trade commitments, this loud political warning will help drown out the pro-NAFTA pressure from job-offshoring multinational corporations. YOU can help pull Obama back from the brink.

Sign up to bird-dog today, and get those firm "no on Bush's Korea FTA" commitments so we aren't stuck with Bush's Korea FTA.

Thanks for all you do,

James Ploeser - Senior Organizer
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch division

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