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10/25/12>>>
Pending trade pact could cost Maine shoe worker jobs, forum told
Trans-Pacific Partnership, now in negotiations, would hurt state's New Balance factories, state representatives claim
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"The goal of the U.S. government is to reduce tariffs down to nothing so there can be fair trade," Treat told the group during an evening public forum. "With the trans-Pacific trade agreement, countries such as Vietnam will say you want us to buy your corn? We say drop the tariffs.
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Treat said the trade highway is a two-way street in which countries, including Vietnam and others, do not adhere to child labor laws, worker-safety regulations and wage- and hour-enforcement rules that are place in the United States. Recent studies, she said, show that labor cost in Vietnam is 35-40 percent cheaper than in China, where wages already are low.

If footwear is made in those countries it would be sold in America for much less than U.S.-made shoes, thus hurting jobs, Treat emphasized.
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http://www.kjonline.com/news/fair-trade-bad-for-maine-workers_2012-10-24.html

Like NAFTA, the Trans Pacific Partnership is another job killing trade deal.