NPR looks at the presidential candidates and asks if they are really committed to U.S. manufacturing.
On NPR this morning, anchor Scott Horsley analyzed Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's recent promise to hold China accountable for its ongoing currency manipulation.
In a piece titled “Would Romney's Tough China Talk Survive Election?” Horsley asked Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Executive Director Scott Paul to compare the campaign promises of then-Senator Barack Obama in 2008, and Mitt Romney in 2011.
Some key points in the 4-minute news story:
-at the 60-second mark, Horsley plays an audio clip (provided by AAM) of candidate Obama’s tough China campaign rhetoric in 2008;
-at the 1:41 mark, Paul offers some thoughts on Romney’s recent China comments;
-at the 2:26 mark, Paul explains why President Obama’s decision to apply section 421 relief for the U.S. tire industry was successful.
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