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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFree Trade Deals HARM U.S. workers !!!!
Free Trade Deal signed with South Korea, October, 2011.
Far from supporting jobs, growing trade deficits have eliminated
75,000 jobs between 2011 and 2014.
The U.S. trade deficit increased 11.9 Billion between
2011 and 2014.
Source: The Economic Policy Institute
Published March 30th, 2015.
http://www.epi.org/blog/u-s-korea-trade-deal-resulted-in-growing-trade-deficits-and-more-than-75000-lost-u-s-jobs/
President Obama mentioned the trade deal with South Korea on Hardball.
He did not mention any of this information.
He was surrounded by members from the Chamber of Commerce.
Something stinks, something stinks really bad.
The TPP will destructive.
Will the workers in the U.S. survive another Free Trade Deal ???
Representative Alan Grayson is against the TPP.
Senator Elizabeth Warren is against the TPP.
Senator Bernie Sanders is against the TPP.
Senator Sherrod Brown is against the TPP.
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)Has caused. How did we go from 8 years ago debating the repeal of NAFTA to now passing an agreement that is NAFTA on steroids?
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)All I know for certain is I am fucking sick of the lies !!!!!!!!!!!!
I am tired of the wishy washy crap coming out of politicians mouths.
They are lying.
It really is that simple.
They are liars for the 1%.
I hope the president enjoys his connections and wealth when his
term is up.
It truly is sickening.
djean111
(14,255 posts)Because the only important thing in a trade deal these days is corporate profits. Which do not fucking trickle down to people.