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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie/Trump/Hillary On Trade Policy - When You Say You Are Against Free Trade Agreements [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)17. Your assumptions are false.
Opposing the trade agreements is not the same as opposing trade.
Mistaken, purposely mistaken assumption intended to confuse those who don't know what you are talking about.
The trade agreements have nothing to do with free trade.
In fact, they impose limits on countries by requiring that countries enact certain laws and policies in order to be able to trade with the US.
That is not free trade. That is an agreement that imposes rules on the people who live in countries.. That is an agreement through which powerful people, wealthy people take away the human right of self-determination from working people in countries around the world.
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Bernie/Trump/Hillary On Trade Policy - When You Say You Are Against Free Trade Agreements [View all]
TomCADem
May 2016
OP
first of all these so called trade agreements have very little to do with trade
hollysmom
May 2016
#1
"What do folks think would happen if those agreements were cancelled?" Thank you
Recursion
May 2016
#4
I think that thousands and thousands of jobs have been moved to Mexico under the
JDPriestly
Jun 2016
#16
The Free Trade Agreements are complex, full of nuance, and favor trans-national corporations.
PufPuf23
May 2016
#5
Smoot Hartley is a red herring and omits nearly 50 years of a successful history under GATT
PufPuf23
Jun 2016
#12
Tariffs are not the problem. It's all the other provisions hidden in these trade agreements
JDPriestly
Jun 2016
#15
Where did you get that information? Trump is proposing such tariffs, not Bernie who has proposed to
pampango
Jun 2016
#28
What is 'fair'? Does that mean only trading with countries with wages as high as ours?
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#26
Even that would be problematic. Our trade deficit per capita is higher with Germany than with China.
pampango
Jun 2016
#27
Trade is OK. But trade disputes should be settled in courts under national control
JDPriestly
Jun 2016
#13