U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland made a stop in Lima this afternoon to address businesses hurt by outsourcing and foreign trade deals. Strickland spoke outside the International Brake Industries facility where he says 198 jobs were outsourced overseas. It's part of his three-day 'No More Terrible Trade Deals Tour' to compare his stance on trade deals, to those of Ohio Senator Rob Portman. Strickland says that Portman has supported several unfair trade deals with China.
"Every time he's has to make a decision between what's right for China and what's right for American workers, he's always gone with China and I've done just the opposite. I've had a chance to support American industries, American workers. I've always been there for the American worker," Strickland (D-OH) said.
Portman's campaign released a statement saying, "Strickland never met a job he couldn't outsource to another state or country and certainly has a lot of explaining to do in Lima considering that when he was governor, Allen County lost 3,088 jobs and Ohio ranked 48th in job creation." Strickland said today that this was not true.
