Free Trade and Ohio

" It really isn't an easy one for the good folks from all high heel and other Rust Belt states Obama's lead is narrowing there. The latest email clear politics all of them. Polls. Give him up 4% lean and that's probably due to blue collar workers having a hard time deciding between Obama and McCain. -- almost anybody out there that choice comes down to this who'll be better on free trade while protecting American manufacturing jobs. Joining us now that killer from the policy matters Ohio and Michael who love from the bookings institute. I'll let me start with you first all -- and you're there in Ohio. You know they've seen this it's this big controversy this big split decision that we have to make here you know we want to have that we. We want to protect American jobs American manufacturing particularly there you know I -- I get on the other hand you can't be too protectionists. And -- protectionist now beat of bad term even help protect American jobs. Because then it hurts our US economy. Which candidate do you see he has the best solution for this dilemma."

" Well I think that using the word protectionist is automatically kind of red Herring and in fact it's quite clear that mean you're in Ohio decision. Major reduction in jobs due to unfair trade practices we've -- US government thanks Curtis pride 68000. Ohio nice guys who's. Her job. Trade over the past seven years and that's not anything like the poll numbers just those who receive certification so. I think the trade is an important element in our economic problem here in Ohio and it's going to be a factor in in the in the race as to who's going to be. More perceived that way. Yeah I think Obama seems to have spoken to this more although frankly hasn't gotten as much attention lately as it did earlier in the campaign."

" Michael -- and asking that basket -- you don't I don't get both these candidates policies that you understand the whole show. What they'd just put through with the two trillion dollar bailout package for Walton street seems a truck some of that you. Quite -- quantify some of the magnitude of the issues here. How big is what we're talking about what protectionism and meeting protect free trade versus what we just did bogged down on Wall Street. "

" Well I think it's easy for the issues to be confused. And it's very tough for people who losing their jobs in states like Ohio. When they see the odd bank is to that might might be some of them sitting in the bow behind you guys down there -- Pulling down such big bonuses -- botnets are -- earlier. Right -- cannot -- in the arm I thought. All right well I'm still wedding from my drink actually for -- down here in Washington. I bet that's I think it's tough the -- in Ohio have been I want to take issue with that I think I'm gonna -- in national. I happen to think the United sites is strongest in the economy's strongest. When your I've -- to the world not when you're trying to erect barriers against -- guides tried side. So I think -- try to in the United States interest. I'm also going to take issue with -- on Obama I think he said -- About he's he's had more protectionist elements to his rhetoric. But I actually think he's afraid try to by instinct so I think sex going to be disappointed regardless of who's elected because I think both of them a -- tried -- I guess --"

" I think you know I think that. Really should be looking at what's happening here instead of just making general arguments we hear in Cleveland -- workers at General Electric who lost their jobs because of this. SPX another company that's well known here in Cleveland. Down in Dayton. 7000 workers this year and that doesn't include people in the service sector we've had people commit one of the main banks in town. On lexis -- for those of you know something about the legal world. This is not just sort of a bunch of rhetoric it's something that's affecting people here and that's why when they do polling. Conceive that a majority of Ohio and see this is very much negatively effect when asked if so this. -- protectionism it's a matter of having decent labor and environment standards so that we're not taken advantage of and that workers elsewhere also properly protected."

" show you talk about workers leaving the statement talked to us about what they're not there would have left anyway whether or not that was anathema in place or not I think. Are they being exported to Canada or Mexico ours is in fact just a shrinkage in the manufacturing. Sector which we're seeing across the country. Not just Ohio."

" Well let's face -- Ohio is seen larger reduction in manufacturing jobs and jobs overall over the past five to seven years and he's done just don't. What they're coordinating leave because companies are permitted to take the places where they don't have some standards for workers who don't have to have. Safety protections were taken dumped chemicals will forever. You know we reading and seeing for the last coming months now about what's going on in China was instantly you wouldn't milk. We're previously it was toys you name it. The fact is that he decent standards like this and workers around the world can expect the mention happening here Ohio should be protected as well from those kinds of practices."

" Zach Schiller Michael -- love great name by the way. I think so much for joining us guys you don't actually since a thank you both very much concerned."