According to the Washington Post, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said the breakdown of talks “poses a greater threat to America’s economic future than most voters seem to recognize” which clearly is a strong statement. But there has been virtually nothing from Senator Obama (D-IL) and his campaign. Recently, Senator Obama has kept a broad economic theme without mentioning the talks or much on trade specifics. The Wall Street Journal has an online ‘debate’ with campaign advisors (http://blogs.wsj.com/agenda/category/trade/) where Daniel Tarullo (Obama advisor) stated that the US was right to walk away right now, and talks should resume in the year to come if a deal can be reached. 

With the amount of attention focused on trade issues in the campaign to date, the general silence is deafening considering the importance of the WTO talks.

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