• Supports NAFTA and free trade with Mexico, calling for a
"strong market of the Americas."

• In 2006, as governor of Arkansas, he signed an agreement
for increased commerce between Arkansas and South Korea.

• When asked by FOX news whether he would go ahead with a
different version of the North American Free Trade Agreement, he
replied that free trade agreements were great to have and that he
definitely agreed with NAFTA and CAFTA, but it should be ensured
that the agreements were followed by both parties, which was not
happening.

• He said that the financial crisis is national security
threat as a country can be free only if it can feed, fuel and
fight for itself.
 
• Huckabee stated that he does not support the NAFTA
Superhighway that is currently being built from Mexico to Canada
which when completed will have certain parts under foreign
management.
 
• In his book 'From Hope to Higher Ground' Huckabee said,
"I believe in free trade and allowing the marketplace to push
innovative ideas to the top and prices to the bottom."

• He stated that giving good business to farmers in
America was also good for the consumer, because the principle
behind subsidies was that production will continue at a higher
level as a result of which cost of food will be lowered. He said
that subsidies would also help to safeguard the farmers from
natural disasters and hassles due to rise in prices of fuel, feed
and fertilizers.
		

• Obama is of the opinion that global trade is
unsustainable if it favors only the few and that America's global
trade will be short lived if it favors only some people and not
all. He feels that trade should be free and fair for all.
 
• He feels that NAFTA protects corporate profits; should
protect labor.
 
• Obama fully stands for trade and globalization but is
not for CAFTA, the implementation of free trade with Central
America. He also feels that trade agreements must deal with
matters of fairness such as labor, environmental and consumer
safety.

• He is a person who stands for assisting workers who lose
globalization's race to the bottom.
 
• Obama is quite agreeable to Peru Trade as it includes
labor and environment protections.

• Obama is of the opinion that it is absolutely not
possible to reverse globalization as America will only be worse
off due to this. He stated in his speech in Flint that "Rather
than fear the future, we must embrace it."

• He feels that America's trade policy should not be ruled
by particular interests.
 
• Obama is for strong labor, safety, and environmental
standards on trade.
 
• Obama strongly feels that the NAFTA was oversold to USA
and wants to amend it.
 
• While was speaking to an AFL-CIO audience he stated,
"What I oppose and have always opposed are trade deals that put
the interests of multinational corporations ahead of the
interests of American workers -like NAFTA and CAFTA and permanent
normal trade relations with China."