Nobody will negotiate seriously with the US if Congress can cherry-pick amendments.&nbsp;Former US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor recalls Clinton’s horse-trading with congressional Democrats to persuade them to join Republicans in passing NAFTA, overcoming both parties’ protectionist wings. Obama and the new Republican majority must now decide if they will follow in their predecessors’ footsteps and spark a new era of economic growth.
如果国会可以挑肥拣瘦，就不会有人与美国进行严肃的谈判。钱美国贸易代表米奇·坎托（Mickey Kantor）还记得克林顿与国会民主党讨价还价、说服他们加入共和党的行列通过NAFTA、克服两大政党的保护主义的情景。如今，奥巴马和信共和党多数必须决定是否效仿先例，开启新的经济增长时代。