Leaders at APEC Anxiously Await Obama Administration
Written by Paquita website on 3:03 PMYet many of the leaders who met in Peru this weekend were clearly uneasy with Obama's campaign pledge to reform Nafta and his opposition to several pending free-trade agreements. As a senator, Obama supported an earlier trade pact with Peru. Many delegates to the APEC summit, however, said there was little point in considering additional actions until Obama gets involved. The president-elect did not send any representatives to APEC, although transition officials said Obama's team was briefed by the Bush administration prior to the summit.Obama unveiled plans on Saturday for creating 2.5 million jobs in the United States, and is expected to name two experienced policymakers, Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, to lead his efforts against the economic crisis. "There's one president at a time, and we intend to respect that," said Brooke Anderson, an Obama spokeswoman.
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