For the second time in a week, the Obama administration has discarded a major campaign pledge on international economic policy.

Americans want to protect the jobs of workers, but at the same time they believe that freetradegives them more choices and cheaper goods and makes American industry more competitive.

Barack Obama's criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement reflects either a willful disregard of the facts or a poor command of economics.

This collection of polls includes surveys taken before the vote on NAFTA and shortly after its passage, as well as contemporary questions.

President Obama indicated his seriousness about exports when he committed to double them by 2015, but he has given conflicting signals about his commitment to trade liberalization. While the administration has praised the passage of the FTAs with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea, the president waited far too long to submit the legislation to Congress.

"My rival in this race,” President Obama announced early in 2007, “is not other candidates. It’s cynicism.” It’s now clear that what he meant by this was other people’s cynicism — not his own.

The populist stance of U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton over the North American Free Trade Agreement is obscuring sustainability concerns.

The president's new proposal is tougher on illegal immigration than his earlier one and it faces an uphill battle in Congress.