The jobs are going whether we sign agreements or not.

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77. If our tariffs weren't practically non-existant our jobs would not be off-shored

Compared to other countries we don't protect our manufacturers with tariffs that put imported goods at a disadvantage to domestically manufactured goods.

That's why the jobs are going.

If corporations can get away with paying peanuts to workers in foreign country plants and then importing their goods here with little or no tariffs, even with importations costs they're still making out like bandits so why would they keep plants open here where they have to pay living wages to Americans?

They won't and they don't. Our trade policies don't protect American workers and jobs, they work in favor of profitable corporations who want to be even more profitable (more money for executive compensation don't you know).

There is no loyalty to American workers or to America. It's all about CEOs and other top executives making even more money by cutting labor costs.

It's always cut, cut, cut. Austerity = humongous profits for the 1%, lost jobs and lower living standards for the 99%.