I'm pretty 'globalist', for whatever that label entails and am seriously considering dropping support for Warren after seeing her trade plan. (I was very not happy with Clinton over her TPP flip-flop as well). Boooo to this level of protectionism. I get the criticism of corporate power having disproportionate influence over our politics, but making it more difficult for other countries to trade with the U.S. for tertiary reasons that should not derail a negotiation from getting started is not the solution.
Warren’s plans list nine separate criteria a country would have to meet before negotiating a trade deal with the U.S. Those standards include upholding and enforcing the labor rights laid out by the International Labour Organization, eliminating all domestic fossil fuel subsidies, fulfilling commitments from the Paris Climate Agreement, not running afoul of the State Department’s Country Reports on Human Rights, and not being on the Treasury Department’s monitoring list for manipulative currency practices.
Warren wrote that she would only seek expedited trade authority after unanimous approval from labor, consumer, rural and regional advisory committees and would let more congressional committees review such authority. These reforms would significantly slow the trade negotiation process but also bring in voices that Warren believes have been excluded from the process.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/29/elizabeth-warren-trump-trade-2020-1439186https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/30/elizabeth-warrens-trade-plan-is-bad-politics-worse-policy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ada7b9ce971c
