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NAFTA Round 4 ends


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2017 Oct 17, 9:51am   1,276 views  2 comments

by MisdemeanorRebel   ➕follow (12)   💰tip   ignore  

Just in case you were under the misinterpretation that NAFTA was a Free Trade Agreement:



U.S. negotiators opened a new front over the weekend with a proposal that Canada dismantle its system of protections for the dairy and poultry sectors, a move that Ottawa will reject, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta/nafta-trade-ministers-to-square-off-over-hard-line-u-s-demands-idUSKBN1CM0CG
Of course. Just like BigPharma keeps out Canadian or Mexican drugs.

Like many free trade agreements, it's more about allowing Banks to buy assets abroad and Brands to manfacture abroad while importing the finished product at low to no tariff. The "Deploreables" lose their middle class jobs, the Coasties get the money, and the Third Worlders get crappy jobs. Mexican-made cars are full of Chinese Parts, but final assembly in Mexico gives Mexico the money while the US gives up the jobs.

The bag holder in all this globaloney is the American Middle Class. I'm glad we have an administration that is putting America, not Multinational Neoliberal Corporations, first.

#NAFTA gave America the #SHAFTA

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2   joeyjojojunior   2017 Oct 17, 10:18am  

TwoScoopsMcGee says
The bag holder in all this globaloney is the American Middle Class. I'm glad we have an administration that is putting America, not Multinational Neoliberal Corporations, first.


And what would give you this idea? His plan to cut corporate tax rates while raising taxes on the middle class? His EPA that tossed away all regulations on business and is allowing them to pollute the air that the middle class breathes and the water that the middle class drinks?

Everything I've seen shows the exact opposite--Trump sells out to the highest bidder and that is VERY rarely the US middle class

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