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Teamsters Chief Quits Bush Trade Advisory Group
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 25, 2004 07:55pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Jun 24, 2004 12:00am |
| Description | he head of the Teamsters union said he resigned on Thursday from a White House trade advisory panel in protest of President Bush's decision to sign a free trade pact with five Central American nations.
``I will no longer choose to lend legitimacy to a sham process in which our views and those of other important U.S. constituencies are not respected,'' Teamsters President James Hoffa said in a letter to Bush. ``Your approach to trade and economic integration only further isolates our nation from the very countries with whom we seek to trade.'' |
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