Obama on Buy America policies
By Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Do you remember this campaign graphic from the Obama campaign in Pennsylvania? Obama promoted Buy American policy in television and radio ads and even committed to renegotiating existing trade agreements to remove their limits on Buy American procurement. We thought you’d be interested in what President Obama had to say about “Buy America” policies on the campaign trail, especially given this Thursday he will be in Peoria visiting a plant operated by Caterpillar, the corporation leading the attack against Buy America provisions in the Stimulus Plan:
When asked in writing: “Do you support renegotiating trade agreements so they will allow us to use “Buy America” and “Buy Local” procurement policies? Obama answered “Yes” in a May 2008 Candidate Questionnaire from the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign.
http://www.citizen.org/documents/ORFairTradeCoalitionObama.pdf
Obama ran paid TV attack ads in North Carolina against John McCain’s opposition to Buy American provisions: