Free trade is key issue in Ohio race for U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Rob Portman is looking forward to a debate this fall on international trade. So is his opponent, former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland. In the clearest electoral choice in Ohio on international trade in a decade, Portman and Strickland will clash sharply over whether free international trade has created higher-paying jobs in the state or devastated Ohio’s manufacturing workers. “It will be the defining issue,” Strickland said. “None will