ECONOMIC INTERESTS

Hillary's Tough Trade Talk

by Bruce Stokes

Sat. Dec. 15, 2007


The anecdote is recounted in tellingly similar detail by several people who have briefed the leading Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York. In a meeting earlier this year, former senior economic advisers to President Bill Clinton urged the 2008 Democratic front-runner to strike a pro-trade stance in her campaign, reflecting the policies pursued in her husband's administration. Sen. Clinton dismissed the advice, informing the group that she saw globalization differently.

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