[AP Politics] By JIM ABRAMS
WASHINGTON - In his first three years in office, President Bush (news - web sites) fulfilled a major commitment to business community allies by pushing free trade bills through Congress. But extending that streak into this election year may not be in the cards.
As Democrats put an election-year focus on the deals as culprits in the loss of U.S. jobs — and a small but crucial number of Republicans try to protect sugar and textile producers — recently negotiated trade accords with Central America, Australia and Morocco stand almost no chance of being ratified this year.
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