The Democrats'Stalled Trade Agenda:Barack Obama made alliances with unions to win the election.Now, those unions demand favors which may save American jobsin the short term but will cost the United States in the long term.

摘要

THE WAY AMERICAN presi-dential politics traditional-ly work, candidates runeither from the right or theleft, saying what they thinkthey must say in order to get elected. Butonce they are safely in the Oval Office andthe realities outweighing the campaignrhetoric begin to sink in, United Statespresidents tend to govern from the center—especially when concerned with America'sleadership role in international trade