General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe need TPP to compete with the China threat we created when we signed a trade deal to ship
millions of US jobs and technology to low-wage, unregulated labor markets in China.
Now you understand free trade.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)China is getting too expensive with workers making $2.00 an hour.
gordianot
(15,242 posts)Now we have the Communist gold rush. On the positive side you can bet Johnny McCain will not be bombing any more light bulb factories of women and children in Vietnam.
All those duck and cover drills in grade school for nothing.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Heck, they haven't begun to really exploit labor in Africa yet.
Well, again. But this time leaving the labor in Africa.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)This time it won't cotton plantations, but companies like GE, Nike, Wal Mart, etc..
When the repukes get total control of Washington, they will cook up something like the Freedom for Africa Republican Trade Agreement or FART.
Javaman
(62,531 posts)the master plan is the degrade American society and the work force to such a point that the people of this country will work for pennies so the United States can match the slave labor work force of china!
the ttp would make that happen.