2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie/Trump/Hillary On Trade Policy - When You Say You Are Against Free Trade Agreements [View all]
When I hear folks railing against free trade agreements and that we should repeal them, what specifically are we proposing to have happen?
1. An embargo against trade?
2. Higher tariffs on imported goods?
3. A subsidy on some or all of American goods?
It is one thing to say you want to cancel trade agreements, but what do folks think will happen if those agreements are cancelled? Also, if we are thinking higher tariffs are the way to go, why would there be a different result then what happened following the imposition of the SmootHawley Tariff, which was imposed by Republicans and, in fact, it was due to Herbert Hoover's support of such protectionist measures that he won the Presidency.
Kind of curious, since we have vox on the left and CNBC on the right critiquing the respective trade views of Bernie and Trump.
http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11139718/bernie-sanders-trade-global-poverty
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/10/trump-trade-plans-could-cause-global-recession-experts.html
Are these critiques fair or do you think the analysis misrepresents the views of the respective candidates?