[expat_panama]

fwiw

[gorush]

Big fleas have little fleas
Upon their back to bite ‘em.
Little fleas have lesser fleas
And so ad infinitem.

anon from the time of Leeuwenhoek

[central_va]

Free trade agreements (FTAs) historically are some of the most surefire ways to open up new markets to U.S. exporters while enhancing American interests abroad.

I like Steve Forbes, however this statement is pure BS.

[SeminoleCounty]

Great....more Free Trade...just what we need /sarc

With the EU collapsing....Communist China now off-shoring the off-shoring the US did....and massive Trade Deficits...the US needs more Free Trade now like it needs more Islamic Terrorists collecting Food Stamps

Outside of useless economists at Liberal univesities..few are pushing Free Trade as something “positive”. free Trade does not work....and there is no evidence it does. Period

[RetiredTexasVet]

Probably they would need to actually put “free” into the free trade agreement for it to really work otherwise it’s pretty much the SOS.

[NVDave]

Upon reading the USTR’s circulars and papers on the TPP, it’s more of the same BS that we’ve seen from the US on the issue of trade:

We drop our tariffs and standards and receive a paucity of concessions in return.

In this case, we’re going to phase out our tariffs on imports of Japanese vehicles, and in return, the Japanese will allow up to 5,000 of each US vehicle “type” to enter their country.

Yea, that sounds like “free trade.”