He champions unionized labor and working families and would immediately cancel U.S. participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming that they push American jobs overseas.

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Alongside the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement and U.S. participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and the East Asia Summit, it will serve as a powerful statement of American engagement and staying power in East Asia.

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Of critical importance, and in contrast to both Hatoyama and Kan, Noda has evidenced a willingness to face down dissenters within the DPJ to push for now long-overdue Japanese participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade liberalization talks, and accession to a subsequent agreement.

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