ERIN: GOVERNOR --

HARWOOD: COULD I ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION ON TRADE? DO YOU HAVE ANY DIFFERENCE WITH THE WAY PRESIDENT BUSH IS -- HAS CONDUCTED TRADE POLICY OR CONTINUE THE SAME THAT'S BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE WHICH FOLLOWS THE PRINCIPLES YOU JUST MENTIONED?

ROMNEY: WELL, THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT HANK PAULSON THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY IS WORKING HARD TO GET THE CHINESE TO MOVE ON THE TRADE ISSUES, AND THE SPECIFIC TRADE ISSUES I JUST DESCRIBED AND WE HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL DOING THAT AND I THINK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IN THE EFFORTS THEY'VE CARRIED OUT, WITH COLUMBIA AND PANAMA AND PERU TO ESTABLISH TRADE RELATIONS ARE TAKING EXACTLY THE RIGHT COURSE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE AFRAID OF TRADING WITH COLUMBIA, PANAMA AND PERU. WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR RELATIONS OF TRADE, NOT CUT THEM OFF, IT MAKES US MORE SUCCESSFUL. AND IT ALSO BRINGS THOSE NATIONS CLOSER TO THE KIND OF FREE MARKET AND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES THAT ENHANCE THE WORLD STABILITY.

ERIN: GOVERNOR ROMNEY WE ALL APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH US TODAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ROMNEY: THANKS, ERIN, JOHN, BOB, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

LANE: THANK YOU.

ERIN: HAS A GOOD MEMORY FOR NAMES, TOO. TO FIND OUT WHERE ALL OF THE G.O.P. CANDIDATES STAND ON ALL OF THE ECONOMIC ISSUES WE TOUCHED ON HERE AND MANY MORE, CNBC IS JOINING WITH MSNBC AND THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL", WE'LL BE HOSTING A G.O.P. DEBATE ON OCTOBER 9th, IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN AND THE ECONOMY CERTAINLY WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER. IN THAT DEBATE AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE LIVE ON THE 9th OF OCTOBER, 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M. EASTERN ON CNBC AS WELL AS OUR WEB SITE, CNBC.COM.

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