I think this deal is above your head and pay grade, but here is Cruz so called “lame” explanation: He didn’t duck the issue or give a pabulum BS answer either:
“’In my home state of Texas, there are over 2.2 million jobs that depend on exports,” Cruz said. “Trade benefits farmers, it benefits ranchers, it benefits manufacturers. When we open up new markets across the globe, it creates jobs and economic growth and opportunity here at home.’
But Cruz was also careful to thread the needle between being pro-business and still being a vocal critic of the Obama administration. When asked if he trusted Obama to negotiate a trade deal, Cruz said that he believed the administration could “do very little,” yet he was comfortable enough that Congress would have a vote on any deal the president negotiated.
‘The next 20 months are going to be very dangerous. The Obama administration has proven to be the most lawless and abusive in history, but one of the few areas where this administration has been willing to support positive economic policies is in the area of international trade,’ Cruz said, before going on to criticize his Democratic colleagues for standing in the way of TPA. Cruz jokingly classified President Obama’s disagreement with those in his party like Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Democrat-on-Democrat violence.”
"In my home state of Texas, there are over 2.2 million jobs that depend on exports," Cruz said. "Trade benefits farmers, it benefits ranchers, it benefits manufacturers. When we open up new markets across the globe, it creates jobs and economic growth and opportunity here at home."Lest anyone gets the idea that Ted Cruz will accommodate special interests benefiting big business for reasons other than the public interest, there are these examples contrary to that notion:
Senator Ted Cruz opposes reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank of the USA, calling it "crony capitalism." That position has placed him in direct conflict with the strong desires of some large businesses in the No. 1 exporting state of Texas, many of which supported his run for the U.S. Senate and now complain that his conservative ideology trumps their requests for support.Cruz opposed a bill to reauthorize a program to manage the Federal Helium Reserve that was about to expire. The bill eventually passed 97-2 in the U.S. Senate with Cruz voting against it despite the fact the Federal Helium Reserve is based in Texas. He objected because all the proceeds from the sale of the helium gas stored in Amarillo would not go to the U.S. Treasury, therefore, it was not in the public interest.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/05/01/265304/cruzs-ideology-trumps-texas-interests.html