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A lot of Sound and Fury

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 05:03:38 +0000

A lot of Sound and Fury signifying nothing. If only Trump were literate and could read Shakespeare and Faulkner.

The U.S trade deficit widened

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:19:27 +0000

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The U.S trade deficit widened again in August, further evidence that the president - who slams deficits while touting his role in boosting growth - has no understanding of the link between deficits and growth.https://t.co/mHjAAa4G3c pic.twitter.com/ZVUqsx9Su6
— Benn Steil (@BennSteil) October 6, 2018

There wasn't really a big

ocean-kat — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:28:26 +0000

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There wasn't really a big problem with NAFTA. We even had a trade surplus with Canada. The new trade deal made a few minor meaningless tweaks. Since I didn't see a problem in the first place I'm glad there were no changes. My side won.

What I don't get is why Trump's supporters like this deal. Trump campaigned on this issue. He started a big fight, over nothing in my opinion but you thought it was meaningful. He then produced a trade bill that is virtually the same as the trade bill he criticized. All there was was harsh bargaining rhetoric. You're happy about what I see as just a show. Are there any policy ideas Trump supporters actually care about? Or are you just happy watching the show, believing the spin, and "winning" these faux battles?

"While the flim-flam man

NCD — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:10:51 +0000

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"While the flim-flam man mesmerizes and entertains the crowd, the real damage is done by the pickpockets who work the crowd."

Trump and the pickpocket Republican's irresponsible (again) tax cuts for their rich plutocrat donors, giving an exploding deficit of a trillion a year, and growing, is going to give us the mother of all recessions.

Harsh bargaining rhetoric is

Peter — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:46:22 +0000

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Harsh bargaining rhetoric is needed to show our trading partners and competitors that the days of appeasment have ended. The goal is fair trade with low or no tariffs that benefits everyone. With this new agreement finalized Trump and his trade team can focus on China where their unfair trade practices will end one way or another.

I can't find anything about

artappraiser — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:22:55 +0000

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I can't find anything about them paying for The Wall. Is it in there?

You had gleefully imagined a

NCD — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 15:56:14 +0000

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You had gleefully imagined a 35% tariff on manufactured Mexican imports, what happened? 2.5% and an exemption for all current imports+. Nothingburger.

November, 2016:

Trump has repeatedly promised to renegotiate a better deal, and he has even suggested placing a 35% tariff on trade with Mexico.

This sounds like more TDS

Peter — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:35:50 +0000

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This sounds like more TDS driven sour grapes coming from the peoples republic of Ann Arbor. They can't even call the agreement by its new name USMCA because that would acknowledge that Trump had delivered again on another of his campaign promises. NAFTA is dead replaced by a more fair trade deal that should benefit everyone without destroying more jobs in the US.

Yeah.

Flavius — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:16:23 +0000

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Yeah.

The FT editorial says the same,

They credit Canada