What is the main idea that President Clinton tries to
communicate in this quotation?
The global economy is giving more of our own people and
billions around the world the chance to work and live and
raise their families with dignity. But the ... expansion of
trade hasn't fully closed the gap between those of us who
live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the
billions around the world who live on the knife's edge of
survival. This global gap requires more than compassion;
it requires action.
---President Bill Clinton
January 18, 2001
Free trade creates unrestricted benefits for every
nation that participates.
Free trade is beneficial, but steps must be taken to
protect the needy.
Free trade does not provide benefits to participants.
The expansion of trade has created prosperity for
everyone.