It is interesting that his wife’s employer and their work on Trade issues is cited by some as a possible special interest motivator. Jeff Sessions in his May 22 announcement cites Nucor Steel executives as a source of his concern and they have four plants in Alabama but we hear nothing about him being influence by Big Steel interests.
How about Cruz likes Free Trade a little more than stopping the process cold and Sessions wants to stop it cold because Obama is refusing to be transparent just as they both state.
Ted is representing his Texan constituents. Texans want to sell their oil, gas, industrial products, agricultural products, beef etc.
There’s a huge glut of crude oil in the USA and Ted would see that the excess is allowed to be exported. Obama and the democrats won’t allow it because it empowers conservative industries.
Countries in the Pacific and in Europe are begging for natural gas shipped to them as LNG. The USA has an ENORMOUS surplus of NG that is being burned/flared (wasted) because Obama won’t expedite granting the export licenses for LNG.
Adding up all the jobs in Texas alone that are dependent on international trade tops 3 million and the examples stated above will add millions more jobs.
That’s where Ted Cruz is coming from.
The problem is the current trade agreements (not TPA) are secret and the media is having a field day genning up conspiracy and overreaction.
But Ted is sticking to his principles. He’s losing on the TPA issue which is what he needs to resuscitate the US economy when he’s President but he is WINNING hands over fist at the grassroots town halls. People are drawn to this man because he speaks the truth and points to his track record to prove it.
Here’s Ted on how people should treat politicians in these days (time 1:12:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznh5AjageI
Listen!
True, but Sessions isn’t opposed to free trade as he supported CAFTA