Monday, March 22, 2010

MAR 22: CLINTON PUSHES TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND TRADE FOR HAITI RECOVERY, REUTERS

REUTERS, Improved U.S. Terms For Haiti Textile Imports Sought

article details:
- Former President Bill Clinton is the UN's coordinator of relief efforts.
- He visited Haiti with ex-President George Bush on Monday.
- Clinton is seeking changes to U.S. trade laws to change the cap on Haiti textile imports.
- He wants to attract foreign investors to Haiti's apparel sector.
- Bill Clinton told Haiti's Preval ""We pledged to do what we could to get the changes adopted by Congress that would enable you to make maximum use of this law, and that I think could create more than 100,000 jobs in Haiti in short order."

related articles offering a different point of view on this economic recovery plan:
Tope Folarin via Common Dreams, Sweatshops Won't Save Haiti

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