“If I had thought what we’ve been calling free trade is FAIR TRADE, that would be “silly spin and cluelessness.”
‘Fair Trade’ is just another excuse for high tariffs and other barriers to trade to ‘protect’ American jobs. The reality is that ‘Fair Trade’ is just a euphemism for using government to transfer wealth from one group of Americans to another group. I cannot see how a true conservative would support such measures.
Since NAFTA was passed, we have an $11 trillion trade deficit.
Yeah, I know it was supposed to open up markets for our products and services but the greatest transfer (redistribution) of our wealth has been to other nations. Yeah, I know some people have benefited from it but, overall, it hasn’t been good for the USA. And if you don’t know there hasn’t exactly been FAIR TRADE, you’re not as up on the subject as you try to come across.
I work with multiple industries, I’ve got a very long list I could provide.