"The same questions about jobs and trade issues are asked everywhere," she said.

The only significant difference in policy between these parties was on trade issues.

Politically, the Administration does not have much time to get out in front on the trade issue.

But trade issues have not been prominent in the general election campaign.

"It would show that the industrialized world is just not serious about these trade issues."

A focus of market concern in the downturn has been international trade issues.

And developing nations find that on trade issues, China doesn't always stand with them.

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But on important international trade issues, the Union is not such a model of democratic transparency.

I would now like to talk about some trade issues with third countries.