New York: With the presidential candidates busy campaigning, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) has launched its own drive in Indiana to force them to take position on jobs being lost to China and extract promise that they would do something about it.

"China cheats, Indiana loses" is the slogan aimed at the voters especially the blue collar workers who are the worst affected by the manufacturing jobs moving to China.

The campaign aims at exploiting the worries in the minds of the voters as the American economy continues to plummet and prices of food and fuel continue to rise, analysts said.

AAM said its multi-faceted "China Cheats" campaign will continue urging the presidential candidates to speak out and hold China accountable for unfair trade practices that result in job losses. The campaign will run through the May 6 Indiana primary.

"Voters who care about the economy are the dominant demographic for the primary candidates. The candidate who clearly commits to solving the China crisis is going to win Indiana," said AAM Director Scott Paul.

"China cheats and Indiana loses - more than 45,200 jobs since 2001. China continues to play by different rules than everyone else and voters in states with big manufacturing job losses like Pennsylvania and Indiana continue to be harmed," he added.

The "China Cheats" ads will appear in seven media markets across the state, including: Evansville, Ft. Wayne, Indianapolis, South Bend, Terre Haute, and two outlets in northwest Indiana.
Source : PTI