And I hope that this hearing is the beginning of that process. Although the benefits of globalization are obvious, too many of us are not acknowledging the concerns of the many Americans who have fears or outright opposition to the globalization which. So, what I would like to do today is to offer opinions on three trade areas that President Clinton worked on with many of you, and that President Bush has now inherited. Unfortunately, eight years later, too many people are still stuck with this attitude. They are economic issues.
Companies do look at labor costs.
Companies do look at environmental costs. Labor and environmental groups will not go away. We will not build the broad consensus we need on trade unless we work to reach a compromise with them. If President Bush wants to govern from the center, he has to compromise on this, and he has to get support of the business community behind this. When I was Commerce Secretary, the business community said they were open to supporting labor and environmental issues.