Wednesday, November 21, 2007

In Macomb Co., Hunter blasts trade practices

Far behind in polls, GOP presidential contender says he is best equipped to stop Mich.'s loss of manufacturing jobs.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP -- Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Duncan Hunter on Monday said he is best equipped to reverse the loss of manufacturing jobs in Michigan and across the country.

"The industrial base of this country is moving offshore, and that's a fact of life," the California congressman told about 100 Macomb County Republican activists at a party fundraiser.

Unfair trade practices by nations such as China are to blame, Hunter said -- echoing the complaints of Michigan politicians of both parties.

(excerpt...see http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071120/POLITICS/711200404)

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