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Observer: Politics of trade

Published: February 28 2008 02:00 | Last updated: February 28 2008 02:00

Free trade is taking a beating in the run-up to next week's primary in Ohio, a state in which manufacturing jobs have declined in recent years.

Many Ohioans blame the North American Free Trade Agreement for the loss of good-paying blue-collar jobs, and both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are pledging to re-negotiate the pact if elected president.

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