Trump MAGAThread XII: A Tarriff-ic Thread!

[Washington Resistance Army]

>A left that has abandoned them

10/10 tell me more

The left hasn't abandoned unions.

A lot of people in Unionland feel they have.

[The Parkus Empire]

If there anything more ridiculous than hadicapping your own with worker's comp, environmental regulations and child labor laws, while simultaneously decrying any handicapping of their foreign competition?

Its almost as if workers comp, environmental regulations and child labour laws are good things....

They are indeed, and by having unrestricted trade, you are rewarding China for not having these good things, since it allows them to make things much cheaper and outsource us.

[The East Marches II]

Until they stop supporting open borders and unrestricted trade (both if which Bernie Sanders vehemently opposed), they have.

Do know what open borders and unrestricted trade means?

Do you know its impact :^]

[Cekoviu]

The left hasn't abandoned unions.

A lot of people in Unionland feel they have.

I hope Berniecrats can help move the party to the left economically so they don't feel like that. Neoliberals have been a driving force in the party for a while, so it's understandable that they'd feel neglected.

[The East Marches II]

A lot of people in Unionland feel they have.

I hope Berniecrats can help move the party to the left economically so they don't feel like that. Neoliberals have been a driving force in the party for a while, so it's understandable that they'd feel neglected.

Neglected is a gentle way of putting it. A knife in the back is another.

[Irona]

Its almost as if workers comp, environmental regulations and child labour laws are good things....

They are indeed, and by having unrestricted trade, you are rewarding China for not having these good things, since it allows them to make things much cheaper and outsource us.

1) Economics has long shown free trade as beneficial.
2) Trade wasn't unrestricted

[Liriena]

Is America great again yet?

Marco Rubio has spent the past few days getting dunked on by teenagers so... yeah, I'd dare say it is.

[Irona]

Do know what open borders and unrestricted trade means?

Do you know its impact :^]

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There isn't open borders or unrestricted trade. Nobody knows the impact, because it hasn't been put into place.

[The Parkus Empire]

They are indeed, and by having unrestricted trade, you are rewarding China for not having these good things, since it allows them to make things much cheaper and outsource us.

1) Economics has long shown free trade as beneficial.
2) Trade wasn't unrestricted

Free trade is beneficial if you hate environmental regulations, child labor laws and worker comp, and want to move our production to where those can't touch it

[The East Marches II]

They are indeed, and by having unrestricted trade, you are rewarding China for not having these good things, since it allows them to make things much cheaper and outsource us.

1) Economics has long shown free trade as beneficial.
2) Trade wasn't unrestricted

One way free trade isn't, all those fools who went on about how China joining the WTO would bring them into the world order and cause them to become freer economically & politically. How wrong they proved to be.

[Collatis]

Is America great again yet?

Marco Rubio has spent the past few days getting dunked on by teenagers so… yeah, I’d dare say it is.

Marco Roboto must have ran out of batteries

[Irona]

1) Economics has long shown free trade as beneficial.
2) Trade wasn't unrestricted

One way free trade isn't, all those fools who went on about how China joining the WTO would bring them into the world order and cause them to become freer economically & politically. How wrong they proved to be.

That's not the economic argument.

[The East Marches II]

Do you know its impact :^]

....

There isn't open borders or unrestricted trade. Nobody knows the impact, because it hasn't been put into place.

Nah, you don't. Its cool though, I didn't mind Clinton talking about free movement with Latin America among those bankers. Wages need to be kept down afterall :^]

[The Conez Imperium]

Its almost as if workers comp, environmental regulations and child labour laws are good things....

They are indeed, and by having unrestricted trade, you are rewarding China for not having these good things, since it allows them to make things much cheaper and outsource us.

Do people actually infer that the people on the US delegation are stupid for not writing rules and regulations into trade agreements with China?

[Cekoviu]

1) Economics has long shown free trade as beneficial.
2) Trade wasn't unrestricted

One way free trade isn't, all those fools who went on about how China joining the WTO would bring them into the world order and cause them to become freer economically & politically. How wrong they proved to be.

China is slowly liberalizing.

[The East Marches II]

One way free trade isn't, all those fools who went on about how China joining the WTO would bring them into the world order and cause them to become freer economically & politically. How wrong they proved to be.

That's not the economic argument.

That is a large portion of it. Its also under the headline of other stupid comments like "two democracies have never gone to war". Ash and trash that should be binned but our political class is asleep at the helm.

[The Conez Imperium]

One way free trade isn't, all those fools who went on about how China joining the WTO would bring them into the world order and cause them to become freer economically & politically. How wrong they proved to be.

That's not the economic argument.

If it wasn't China, it was going to be another South East Asian economy to be the world's manufacturer. This perspective as Irona highlights is devoid of any economic argument and just plays on an abstract fear of loosing trade to China.

[Irona]

1) Economics has long shown free trade as beneficial.
2) Trade wasn't unrestricted

Free trade is beneficial if you hate environmental regulations, child labor laws and worker comp, and want to move our production to where those can't touch it

I mean if all you care about is production. But it benefits consumers, and the wider economy. Comparative Advantage shows that free trade allows specialisation that benefits both sides. Cheap steel from China allows US construction firms to build more, grow more, etc.

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

Interpreting a law according to the reason it was made is perfectly sensible.

Nah, it’s not, it ignores what’s written and replaces it with the opinions (which may or may not even be correct) of people who are long dead and renders the text of law meaningless.

[The East Marches II]

One way free trade isn't, all those fools who went on about how China joining the WTO would bring them into the world order and cause them to become freer economically & politically. How wrong they proved to be.

China is slowly liberalizing.

Thats a lie.

[Washington Resistance Army]

One way free trade isn't, all those fools who went on about how China joining the WTO would bring them into the world order and cause them to become freer economically & politically. How wrong they proved to be.

China is slowly liberalizing.

Eh. I heard that China is doing away with term limits to allow Xi Jingping to essentially be dictator for life.

[Irona]

That's not the economic argument.

That is a large portion of it. Its also under the headline of other stupid comments like "two democracies have never gone to war". Ash and trash that should be binned but our political class is asleep at the helm.

No it isn't. The economic argument for free trade isn't based on China liberalising.

[The East Marches II]

Free trade is beneficial if you hate environmental regulations, child labor laws and worker comp, and want to move our production to where those can't touch it

I mean if all you care about is production. But it benefits consumers, and the wider economy. Comparative Advantage shows that free trade allows specialisation that benefits both sides. Cheap steel from China allows US construction firms to build more, grow more, etc.

Assuming we are competing on equal playing field and they aren't playing dirty games. I agree, trade is good. One way trade done with duplicitous partners who merely want your intellectual property and industrial base is suicidal.

[The East Marches II]

That is a large portion of it. Its also under the headline of other stupid comments like "two democracies have never gone to war". Ash and trash that should be binned but our political class is asleep at the helm.

No it isn't. The economic argument for free trade isn't based on China liberalising.

I must of forgotten that when Bush sold that pile of lies to us in the early 2000s.

[Irona]

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There isn't open borders or unrestricted trade. Nobody knows the impact, because it hasn't been put into place.

Nah, you don't. Its cool though, I didn't mind Clinton talking about free movement with Latin America among those bankers. Wages need to be kept down afterall :^]

That doesn't really make sense. Maybe rewrite that?

Also: Wtf is with the crying face? It's so childish.