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2016 Postmortem

TheFarseer

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15. It's not working

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 07:07 PM

Jun 2016

Our trade deficit is enormous and we losing entire industries overseas. What would getting left behind mean? Do you even know? What good does it do to raise labor and environmental standards when other countries don't follow the agreement? What good does it do to take tariffs off Chinese goods but they still get to put tariffs on our goods? Then we agree to these trade courts that rule against us every time. We're playing the game against the wind, uphill, with the sun in our eyes and our shoes tied together. It's not fair trade. Every other country has got to think we are the dumbest negotiators ever.

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TPP are are you for/against it being supported in the final draft of the Democratic Party Platform. [View all] Snarkoleptic Jun 2016 OP

I am very much against this. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2016 #1

For it. We need to keep raising labor and environmental standards. JaneyVee Jun 2016 #2

there are plenty of other good ways to do that. The TPP AntiBank Jun 2016 #9

TTP lowers them AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #13

It's not working TheFarseer Jun 2016 #15

Ithknk people may be confused by your for or against it hollysmom Jun 2016 #3

I've heard the argument that some party officials are either against or neutral on the issue, Snarkoleptic Jun 2016 #11

TPP will lower labor standards. guillaumeb Jun 2016 #4

The convention will not take political swipes at our President. LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #5

clarify the question please, you ask should if it should be mentioned AntiBank Jun 2016 #6

Well they voted to support it. TDale313 Jun 2016 #7

I saw a mislabled post that said they endorsed, but that wasn't true AntiBank Jun 2016 #8

You're right. Looking closer, they voted not to oppose it. TDale313 Jun 2016 #10

Uncertain - I suspect this is much more subtle than it looks. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #12

I feel that Obama will sign it during his lame duck session, after HRC is already elected. TheBlackAdder Jun 2016 #14

tariffs are bad for the economy, however, its not as if there wouldn't be ericson00 Jun 2016 #16