[gg188]

That's still true as ever. Other nations via WTO agreements with the help of the US Dept of Commerce, NGOs, World Bank, etc., have walls of tariff schedules that keep US goods out completely or put a prohibitively high tariff on them.

Conversely, the WTO, NGOs, etc., and "free trade agreements" allows goods to flow freely into the US with no tariff, hence the massive trade imbalance.

There's no denying that trade agreements are designed to transfer US jobs and money, to destroy US competitiveness, and "even the playing field."

For those of you who support Ted and Heidi's TPP---all your STEM and "good jobs" will be Indians after TPP---not just a million Indians like Ted wants now. We're talking millions.

Free trade is as valid as ever. But our Globalist Elites have built a system that is the opposite of free trade. The WORDS have been co-opted, as so many of our words. Free does not mean free but the opposite when talking about trade. Learn about the WTO, study their tariff schedules, study the plethora of existing trade agreements. Look at who exercises protectionism at the expense of US workers.

You've got a lot of studying to do to learn and understand the state of global trade. After learning, then you can express an informed opinion. Most of what you need to study is freely available on the Internet. To opine without any knowledge is the biggest part of the problem with you Cruzer/Globalists here.

[1rudeboy]

Please stay focused. A "free trade agreement," such as NAFTA, means "I tax your product 0% and you tax mine 0%." So nations with "walls of tariff schedules that keep US goods out" do not have a FTA with the United States.

China is the best example--they tariff our products and we tariff theirs. The debate is over whether our tariffs are high enough.