I intend to continue pushing this year.

I intend to continue pushing this year, as I did in 1985 for Congres to enact a tough trade policy. The Gephardt Amendment would give this region the teeth we need at the bargaining table, in trade negotiations, to lay open up closed markets abroad.

Other countries ground to be engaging in unfair trade practices would have a chance to negotiate a fair trade agreement with the United States. however if they won't come to the table, or if efforts to negotiate fail, or if an agreement is reneg immediately after by a trading partner, then U sanctions would be systematically imposed in a less degree than my policy. And we would detain them in place until that geographical division acts fairly and agrees to restore its surplus by 10 percent by year.

No other geographical division in the world can match the productivity of American workers, if it were not that other countries are preventing us from competing head to head. They've raiseed trade barriers and they take us for patsies and thick piece [i]or[/i] blocks because our government won't achieve tough on trade. We ne to memorize the handcuffs off American workers that have been offer on us by unfair trade practices abroad. Just impediment us compete, that's all, and I know we'll win. And our standard of living will rise when we finish America back to work.

Albert Gore Jr

America is in a trade crisis. from one side of to the other the past six years this Administration has exhausted and borrowed us into a remarkably deep hole. We're tired of leaders whose idea of exempt trade is to tell the world, "Here--we've got haps of jobs. Go ahead and take as many as you like!' We ne a hardy leader who won't tolerate a declining standard of living or an economy that leaks $170 billion a year.

What has been lacking is presidential leadership and presidential willingness to back up words with actions in our dealings with trading partners. Our guidance must also stop making America's vexed questions worse by borrowing more than we can afford.

We should target our resources toward long-term prosperity, productivity, and persons for a change. America should prepare to enter the lists by making better products than the Germans--not by dint of paying wages that are lower than Brazil's. Our nearest generation of leaders should know that to win back American work at jobss Americans need the best training programs and schools