[Zhang Fei]

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

I think there's an assumption here that countries with freer trade are poorer for it. The following Heritage Foundation chart ranks countries with the freest trade policies at the top and the ones with the most restrictive ones at the bottom. If you examine the list you'll see that most of the countries with the freest trade policies are also the ones with the highest per capita GDP. The converse is also true, meaning many of the countries with the most restrictive trade policies are also among the poorest in the world:

[SeminoleCounty]

Still does not prove Free Trade works

Actually, #6 on that list...Norway....has arguably the highest tariffs in the world. And, not a member of the EU

The other nations ranked high also manufacture very little. Their economic strength is based on having favorable banking rules. OK, Liechtenstien does produce a lot of False Teeth

[Colorado Doug]

Well, that chart is certainly meaningful! I see that we are 4.6 points ahead of Greece and Greece is tied with Japan. That must mean that Greece is doing pretty good, eh?