US farmers helpless as TPP boosts Australia, Canada

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I remember a time, long ago, when the GOP was the party that knew how trade worked, or at least acted like they did from time to time.  I mean sure, they had issues, but at least they knew free trade was (generally) good and tariffs were (generally) bad.

Agreed, Trump has made the GOP lose its collective mind on trade, and now regular Americans, as well as our businesses, are paying the price.

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I remember a time, long ago, when the GOP was the party that knew how trade worked, or at least acted like they did from time to time.  I mean sure, they had issues, but at least they knew free trade was (generally) good and tariffs were (generally) bad.

Agreed, Trump has made the GOP lose its collective mind on trade, and now regular Americans, as well as our businesses, are paying the price.

Dat neoliberalism tho. Tell that to someone whose job was outsourced because of a lack of reciprocity.

Tell that to the thousands of jobs that never get created due to increased supply-chain costs, caused by the trade war. Protectionism has a small number of very visible winners (workers in protected industries) and an enormous number of less visible losers (consumers and non-created jobs in many industries). On the same coin, free trade has a small group of visible losers and a huge group of less visible winners, making society overall better off. I'm all for establishing better job-training and re-purposing programs, but to abandon free trade, the main driver of our economic prosperity over the last several decades, would be a massive mistake.