We Sure Hope This Is True

Conn Carroll / January 15, 2009

Reuters reports: Obama to work to pass Bush trade deals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama wants to win approval of stalled free trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, but more work is needed on two of the pacts, Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday.

“The president-elect wants to work with Republicans and Democrats to get those trade agreements moving,” House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said during an meeting to outline the panel’s priorities for the year.

This would be a welcome departure from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s all out war on free trade.