Post-Presidential Polls US Foreign & Trade Policy To Undergo Change

He termed George Bush as an accident in the US Politics and alleged that he overrode the Senate and the Congress and pursed his militarized and unsustainable foreign policy. ...He slammed Bush for creating division within the Republican Party and pushing it to right conservatism. "Bush was motivated to preserve US conservatism and a uni-polar world, which evidently did not work," he said. - Ashok B Sharma, Financial Express fyi-janet =============== ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Monday , February 04, 2008 at 1954 hrs IST New Delhi, February 4: Aftermath of the Presidential polls would usher in a change in the US foreign and trade policies. The country would not pursue aggressive market-oriented policies, it would become more protectionist in trade and it would go slow in its proposed bilateral and free trade agreements with other countries and regional groups, according to a senior fellow in the US-based Council on Foreign Relations, Charles A Kupchan. The US would try to come closer to India and would expect more cooperation from India. In disbursement of foreign aid it would be bullish to win over many developing countries, he said. Addressing a session on - After Bush: The Collapse of Bipartisanship and the Implication for US Foreign Policy -organized by the apex industry body, CII in collaboration with The Aspen Institute-India in Capital on Monday, Kupchan said: "US is facing a serious downturn in the Economy, regional divide is increasing, the wages of the middle class employees is stagnant since 15 years. Globalisation has created problems for the US Economy. All these will make it difficult for the new president to operate." http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Post-polls-US-policy-to-undergo-change/268902/0

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