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In reply to the discussion: There's only one principle behind TTIP, CETA and other 'free trade' agreements [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)37. Larry Summers and the End Game Memo
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There's only one principle behind TTIP, CETA and other 'free trade' agreements [View all]
Ichingcarpenter
Mar 2015
OP
There are a couple of other ideas that go hand in hand with 'free trade'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Mar 2015
#3
And then Waste Management ends up with piles and piles of resources.
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2015
#10
Your hatred in entirely justified. The U.S.A. has never faced such an insidious enemy.
Enthusiast
Mar 2015
#7
Exactly. The other stuff matters, but it becomes secondary if you don't have food and shelter.
GoneFishin
Mar 2015
#27
European workers have prospered with their version of 'free trade', open borders and no tariffs.
pampango
Mar 2015
#11
Prior to WWII each European country had tariffs and immigration restrictions against its neighbors.
pampango
Mar 2015
#14
"That was a specious argument and the poster knows it." If the far-right gets its way,
pampango
Mar 2015
#21
Fuck the details. This nation has never been the same since NAFTA. TPP and TTIP will be worse.
Enthusiast
Mar 2015
#20
News flash. Things were not great before NAFTA. Trade with Mexico is 3% of our economy.
pampango
Mar 2015
#23
The republican base is not pushing it, in fact oppose it, while Democrats think it is a good idea.
pampango
Mar 2015
#26
You can call them all the names you want. Polls show that Democrats think it is a 'good idea' while
pampango
Mar 2015
#29
That poster has been made aware of the fact that the TPP is a part of the 2012 (R)epublcan platform
nationalize the fed
Mar 2015
#38
That poster has been pumping the corporate/republican trade propaganda on here for years
Elwood P Dowd
Mar 2015
#39