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In reply to the discussion: How can a person who fights for the TPP be considered a friend of the 99%? [View all]PosterChild
(1,307 posts)... it's simple: A trade agreement has to be judged in total, based on its pluses and minuses, not on a "parade of horribles" that, in truth, does not even exist since the agreement is still in negotiation.
All trade agreements will contain "something for everyone" where each something will potentially be something good for one or a few parties to the agreement and, at the same time, be indifferent or detrimental to the others. A lot of possibilities have to be talked about and balanced one against the other until some sort of net "win-win" solution can be arrived at. If there is a lot of pissing and moaning and demagogic scare tactics being employed along the way, the entire processes will get shut down and we won't ever have the chance to examine a balanced solution that might be more acceptable than the status-quo.
Warren certainly knows this. After all, she's been a tenured law-school professor specializing in bankruptcy law. And I'm sure that, given the opportunity to advance the interests and general welfare of our nation through a negotiated trade agreement, she would proceed in just the same manner.