While the automation of many industrial jobs has been blamed for the their loss, the real culprit could instead be international trade agreements that shipped manufacturing jobs overseas. (Photo: Phasmatisnox ; Edited: LW / TO)
With the official death of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the likely renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the proponents of these deals are doubling down in their defense of the current course of US trade policy. While there are serious arguments that can be made in defense of these policies, advocates are instead seeking to deny basic reality.
These trade policy proponents […]
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