[peeps36]

These trade agreements are supposed to raise the standard of living in poor countries but I think they lower ours more than anything. When I look at our economy I see a system that is losing everything but service jobs. Free trade has sent American companies to places where they can make cheaper products to send back to America for a bigger profit. We still have the salesman but we are losing the manufacturers and we are close to losing the truckers who deliver it to the stores. Free trade has been a great thing for China but I think we were better off without it.

[Joe Boucher]

You are correct in that it was supposed to create middle classes the world over who in turn would purchase our goods, food stuffs, weapons.
Most can’t afford (or we don’t want to have) our weapons but we do sell a lot.