Just days after the midterm elections 2010, President Obama revealed a $10 BILLION export contract with India for exports. "The United States sees Asia, and especially India, as a market of the future," Obama said at a meeting with business leaders from the U.S. and India. "For America, this is a jobs strategy." Obama took an aggressive push to show that his trip to Asia was to "deliver jobs to the U.S." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and other Republicans, however, immediately expressed skepticism about Obama's renewed interest in the issue after failing to move forward on pending trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. Don stewart a spokesman for McConnell stated that , "... expanding markets for American goods, services and agriculture overseas will help increase jobs here at home. And maybe the president's renewed focus will encourage Democrats in Congress to join us in this bipartisan effort." Obama announced Saturday that about 54,000 U.S. jobs will be created by $10 billion in new contracts for the Indian government and private companies here to buy a slew of American products, including jet airplanes from Boeing as well as engines and gas turbine technology from General Electric (CNN).
What I found most interesting with this article is not so much the story itself but the actor. Obabma seemed to really respond to the midterms elections; howver, im sure these contracts were in the making before the elections. My question is why didnt he say anyhing about his plans?? The republicans were urging him to contract with South Korea, but nothing was really mentioned about India. In the 2010 elections exit polls the number one cocern was the economy, and I cant help but wonder if this was part of some strategy. Going into the midterm election, it is no shocker that the biggest concern for american was job, so what took obama so long to propose something like this? Will this really help the economy and increase jobs in america? What are the adverse effects from these contracts with the international community? So many questions go unanswered on this topic within this article. I think this is one example of the media dropping the ball. what you guys think? Did I miss information abou this? Well let me know what you think!
Dorothy Paul
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