US-EU Free Trade Pact: Trading Foes Considering Largest Free Trade Deal In The World

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3. The HuffPo article misrepresents the AFL-CIO.

Here is the complete paragraph from which the quote was stolen from:

The AFL-CIO believes that increasing trade ties with the EU could be beneficial for both American and European workers but as with all trade agreements, the rules matter. Generally speaking, both regions have advanced economies, high national incomes and well-developed legal and regulatory regimes designed to protect the environment and defend workers’ rights. And in many respects, the European nations’ social programs to protect families and the environment exceed those of U.S. laws and regulations—and any U.S.-EU agreement must not be used as a tool to deregulate or drive down these higher standards. If that is the goal, working families of both regions will pay the price.

Interesting how people like to misrepresent.

http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Trade/U.S.-EU-Free-Trade-Agreement