“I will get tough on China because what they are doing is not right,” Clinton said.
Many of the thousands of N.C. furniture jobs lost in the last decade have gone to China and other Asian countries, where labor costs are also lower.
Introducing Clinton, Gov. Mike Easley talked about the same theme.
“I don’t know about the rest of the candidates, but Hillary Clinton is not ready to surrender America’s economy to China just yet,” he said.
Their comments came at a downtown train depot, where about 200 people stood on a platform above the tracks. Freight trains interrupted both Clinton and Easley, and both made light of the setting. “This lady is strong as train smoke,” Easley said.
by Sam Hieb
Contributing Editor
