Comments by "" (@badluck5647) on "Why is the US running away from "FREE TRADE"?" video.

  1. Protectionism - where special interests, xenophobia, and economic ignorance meet
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  2. What is the difference? Free trade will result in a global supply chain.
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  3. Back when productive farm land was the most important resource. Now agriculture is 4% of global GDP.
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  4. It is ignorant, though. Imagine America if alliances scared off Germany from invading Poland and Japan from invading China.
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  5. I agree, comrade. Trump with Make Russia Great Again!
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  6. It depends on who "they" is. Free trade had a net benefit overall and moreover with educated professionals. However, non-competitive union workers and uneducated, unskilled workers in first world countries are feeling left behind.
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  7. It goes both ways. Just look at the reluctance of Europe to sanction Russia after being economicly dependent on Russian energy. China will invade Taiwan, and most countries will do nothing.
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  8. The EU had a chance for free trade with the US for decades, but French protectionism prevented it. Now, free trade in the US is dead due to the dominance of ignorance from MAGA and progressive representatives in Congress.
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  9. Because MAGA and Progressives don't understand basic economics. Voters need to choose moderate representation again.
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  10. Sounds like those countries are better off opening up trade.
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  11.  @amhendrickson93  You aren't paying attention. The have-nots in globalization seem to always be blaming the Mexicans, Asians, and Jews for their own failures.
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  12. Trump's new tariffs cost Americans an average of $800 per year.
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