Obama taps NAFTA architect
By John Geddes - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 3 Comments
The first hard news of the Barack Obama era bodes well for Canada. Various U.S. media reports say the President-elect has asked Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a senior House Democrat, to be his chief of staff.
Emanuel is known in Washington circles as a smart political operator, who once worked as an inner-circle advisor to President Bill Clinton. For Canadians, the good news is that he was a key promoter of the North American Free Trade Agreement inside Clinton’s administration, and remains a thoughtful support of trade as a driver of prosperity, not a threat to economic security.
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