Obama touts Asia trade to create jobs
US President Barack Obama, back from a tour of Asia, called Saturday for the United States to produce more goods to sell across the Pacific, touting trade as a way to revive the troubled US economy. Facing rising unemployment and slipping poll numbers, Obama assured the public that creating new jobs back home was his top priority on the week-long tour that took him to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. "I traveled to Asia to open a new era of American engagement," Obama said in his weekly radio address, recorded while he was in Seoul. "Above all, I spoke...
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