Congress on Wednesday approved three long-stalled free-trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
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“Tonight’s vote, with bipartisan support, will significantly boost exports that bear the proud label “Made in America,” support tens of thousands of good-paying American jobs and protect labor rights, the environment and intellectual property,” President Obama said.
“Passing these trade agreements represents a victory for American workers, American competitiveness, and American leadership,” the Chamber’s CEO, Tom Donohue, said in a statement. “It means we will immediately stop losing jobs to our competitors who have cut their own deals and we can start creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs for Americans.”
I am not going to claim any expertise in this area. I can only point to prior FTA's as a guide on whether or not these will benefit the USA. I will also point out that these are wholly supported by R's and the US Shame-ber of Commerce.
It is not wholly supported by Dems, nor Labor.
This is an open discussion on the potential benefits vs drawbacks of said agreements.
The level of intelligent conversation and knowledge here at Dkos never ceases to amaze and enlighten me. I look forward to expanding my knowledge by examining the facts objectively.
Let the debate begin...