John McCain: Town Hall 07/18/08

John McCain
Town Hall
Warren, MI 07/18/08

TRANSCRIPT:
AUDIENCE MEMBER: [...] My concern with the free trade is when we source to a Canadian supplier who was our tier one source, and I have a part that has three or four pieces that go together. Canadian law states that they must go to a Canadian source in order to purchase their secondary pieces that go on that part. Well, that doesn't seem fair trade to me then they're not allowed to come to the US and get a better price so that we can have a reduction in the part that I'm buying for my vehicle. What would you do to help us in that area for free trade?
JOHN MCCAIN: "I would take them to the arbitration that is supposed to be part of our free trade agreement -- the North American Free Trade Agreement - where their violations, there's been cases concerning Canadian lumber and there's been other cases. I would take them right to those arbitration panels.
"I think it also maybe in violation to the WTO agreement, but I'm not that much of an expert. But this seems to me clearly in violation of the agreement that we made that we would have free and open markets for all of our products between our two countries.

"I just want to assure you, I believe in free trade. But I don't believe in the abuse of free trade. I don't believe that people should have special advantages over American workers and over American products. And I will exercise those capabilities that I have in order to reach arbitration and reach fairness and justice for American workers and American products.
"And I also want to tell you the next China, the next toy that comes in from China with arsenic on it may poison our young children will be the last toy that came into the United States of America from China."

LABEL: JM MI 07-18 (JR#63) AKG-ClipB

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