Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: What would you want to see in a deal between Sanders and Hillary? [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)service jobs, high skill semi-professional and professional service jobs, according to two recent articles in Inside US Trade, thats what the GATS commitments are.
This was done as bait in what amounts to a huge globalization game.
I have been trying to explain this to people, its a potentially huge, world changing thing. Neoliberals believe US wages are too high and should fall to global norms, which are likely to go into a race to the bottom as automation is increasing at an exponential rate. By midcentury there will be very very few skilled or unskilled jobs unless we completely change our society, but that requires free education which is banned by GATS, TiSA and others.
Read the following, and look for the word "unlimited"
March 4, 2016
India Requests WTO Consultations With U.S. Over
Visa Policy, Citing GATS Violations
March 10, 2016
India Takes First Step Toward Challenging U.S. Visa
Policy At WTO
India Charges U.S. H-1B Visa Commitments Made In FTAs Violate
GATS
March 10, 2016