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stillwaiting

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11. I'd just love to see a comprehensive article detailing all of the good that prior "free trade"

Reply to djean111 (Reply #5)

Sat May 2, 2015, 10:38 AM

May 2015

agreements have done for labor and environment issues, and how they've benefitted average citizens.

How were these prior agreements ENFORCED when a party to the agreement failed to meet an agreed on part of the agreement? How was it enforced and what were the consequences?

Surely there would be lots of information on this being bandied about if ANY prior agreements had these results. They always seem to promise these improvements with every "free trade" agreement. I need to see how prior agreements have produced good results on this front.

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the editorial push for the tpp is on: Trans-Pacific Partnership: Do it for Vietnam [View all] cali May 2015 OP

They're sure as hell not doing it for American workers. NaturalHigh May 2015 #1

Please, won't someone think of the children? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #2

actually, there has indeed been a "please won't someone think of the children" cali May 2015 #4

you might like this neverforget May 2015 #6

Let's don't do it. For America. Autumn May 2015 #3

Oh, the "do it for Vietnam" has been pushed here. A lot. Oddly enough, by the same person djean111 May 2015 #5

I'd just love to see a comprehensive article detailing all of the good that prior "free trade" stillwaiting May 2015 #11

And the problem with it benefiting Vietnam is _____________? DanTex May 2015 #7

sorry, the link is now in the op. the problem is in the bolded sentence cali May 2015 #8

That presumes, of course, that working Americans would actually be sacrificed. DanTex May 2015 #9

asian workers need american jobs! it's just the liberal thing to do! KG May 2015 #10