The NYT told readers that labor unions in the United States are opposed to "trade-opening agreements." This is not accurate. Unions tend to be opposed to agreements that put their workers in more direct competition with low-paid workers in the developing world, however they have supported other forms of trade opening. For example, the AFL-CIO has generally been supportive of measures that would lessen the strength of patent protection on life-saving drugs in the developing world.
--Dean Baker