Tough Trade Talk Fades as Trump and Pence Toe the Koch Line
By EXPOSEDbyCMD at Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/4/1687040/-Tough-Trade-Talk-Fades-as-Trump-and-Pence-Toe-the-Koch-Line
By Richard Eskow
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When he was running for president, Donald Trump had very harsh words for deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the then-pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
He called NAFTA “the worst trade deal in the world” and “a total disaster.” He said it had caused “carnage,” lumping it in with other “terrible” trade deals like the TPP, which he also called a “disaster.”
Consumer advocates spent more than six years trying to stop the TPP. Hillary Clinton turned against it (Bernie Sanders always was), and Trump withdrew America from the pending agreement upon taking office.
But his administration is now resurrecting much of that deal’s most troublesome provisions, along with its corporate-friendly drafting process, as it prepares to renegotiate NAFTA.
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