Ex-Im Bank financing has been used in recent years largely to level a globalplayingfield made uneven by the market-distorting practices of other nations, and yet it has been subjected to much more intense criticism by free-enterprise proponents in Washington than the quasi-socialist practices of European governments subsidizing Airbus.
Sounds like a great way to bring more oil on-line, and bring gasoline prices down, until one is faced with two harsh realities: the persistent division within Congress on domestic oil exploration, and the persistent agenda of the international community to "level" the global economic playingfield at the expense of American enterprise.
Free trade agreements establish a levelplayingfield for our products and our workers and give American companies greater access to the global marketplace.