Bernie is for fair trade. As are most progressives. Eom (Reply #6)

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Tue May 31, 2016, 10:08 PM

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6. Bernie is for fair trade. As are most progressives. Eom

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31 replies	Author	Time	Post
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
ditto Hollys mom	larkrake	May 2016	#2
So, if Your Concern Is Human Rights Suffering Under Trade, What About Cuba?	TomCADem	May 2016	#3
Your assumptions are false.	JDPriestly	Jun 2016	#17
+10000	Armstead	Jun 2016	#21
"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
The Colombia Free Trade legislation supports continued use of coal and	PufPuf23	May 2016	#7
What exactly is "Free trade" versus "Fair trade?"	EndElectoral	May 2016	#8
Free trade and fair trade defined	PufPuf23	May 2016	#10
Isn't Bernie Proposing To Impose Tariffs on Goods from Developing Countries?	TomCADem	May 2016	#11
Smoot Hartley is a red herring and omits nearly 50 years of a successful history under GATT	PufPuf23	Jun 2016	#12
Good post. Good analysis.	JDPriestly	Jun 2016	#14
Thank you. Some days wonder if it is worth the effort. alas. eom	PufPuf23	Jun 2016	#18
Why does Bernie's Tariff Work as Opposed to Smoot Hawley?	TomCADem	Jun 2016	#20
I suspect anything you don't agree with, you just dismiss as "jargon"	Armstead	Jun 2016	#22
Sorry, I don't have a Ph.D, just trying to understand if yo	TomCADem	Jun 2016	#23
I didn't write it.	Armstead	Jun 2016	#24
Sanders is proposing something different than Smoot Hawley.	PufPuf23	Jun 2016	#29
Personally, I Gravitate Toward Robert Reich's Views On Trade	TomCADem	Jun 2016	#30
I am in general agreement with Robert Reich. He is a very smart man.	PufPuf23	Jun 2016	#31
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
Note that Plan Colombia - part of neo-con plan for global dominance	PufPuf23	May 2016	#9
Bernie is for fair trade. As are most progressives. Eom	jillan	May 2016	#6
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
FDR knew that, to be fair, trading rules had to be enforced neutrally or they would not work.	pampango	Jun 2016	#19
More right wing Hillspeak	AgingAmerican	Jun 2016	#25

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