wrong......
I am a small businessman and am able to cope and thrive on trade deals.
Mom and Pop retail shops are gone not because of trade deals but because they are inefficient
one super walmart sells more that entire towns formerly did. Walmart does so because it can control variables mom and pop didn’t even know existed.
Me too - and I'm an abolitionist when it comes to tariffs. Somehow, a significant segment of the FR kingdom can't shake the idea that manufacturing will magically return to US shores if huge tariffs are imposed. That's the thinking of unionists, not of capitalists.
Nevertheless, this particular deal appears to be more about further empowering an already too powerful Executive branch, rather than actually getting trade deals done. Abolishing tariffs between two countries can be done in a one page, publicly available agreement - it doesn't require Obamacare-level obfuscation.
They are plotting something anti-capitalist...again.
South Korea can sell products at a loss and get a check from their government for the difference. Fair Trade?
China sells products for less than what our material costs. Fair Trade?
No. It is a race to the bottom and the elimination of our middle class. The elites will be fat and happy.