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He didn't change his mind. Trump has always preferred bilateral trade agreements over multilateral agreements. But that's what he was able to do his first term. And, of course, he's NOT going to sign the agreement and then talk about what he really wants. That would be stupid.

But now, he's in a position...and he has put Mexico and Canada in position...to dump the USMCA and forge bilateral trade agreements with each country.
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Do you even hear yourself?

Your posts are really quite pathetic - there seems to be absolutely no limit as to how much you will debase yourself to defend Trump.

Why?
 
He didn't change his mind. Trump has always preferred bilateral trade agreements over multilateral agreements. But that's what he was able to do his first term. And, of course, he's NOT going to sign the agreement and then talk about what he really wants. That would be stupid.

But now, he's in a position...and he has put Mexico and Canada in position...to dump the USMCA and forge bilateral trade agreements with each country.
The USMCA removed trade barriers between all three countries. What exactly is Trump trying to gain that isn't covered by the USMCA?
 
The USMCA removed trade barriers between all three countries. What exactly is Trump trying to gain that isn't covered by the USMCA?
Trump is trying to get bilateral agreements with each of the two countries.

The two countries each have different economic and trade issues with the US. A "one size fits all" multilateral agreement isn't optimal.
 
Trump is trying to get bilateral agreements with each of the two countries.

The two countries each have different economic and trade issues with the US. A "one size fits all" multilateral agreement isn't optimal.
So, nothing.

The trade barriers have been all but eliminated. What exactly is Trump looking to gain? Any idea?
 
Trump is trying to get bilateral agreements with each of the two countries.
Will they too be "the best trade deals in the history of US trade!"?
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The two countries each have different economic and trade issues with the US. A "one size fits all" multilateral agreement isn't optimal.
Then Donnie Boy made a mistake negotiating the USMCA, no?
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Actually, it was you who made that claim.


Trump doesn't impose tariffs on business. He imposes tariffs on countries.

And then, you start talking about Audi, as if Trump placed a tariff on Audi. He didn't.
It was an example, and an apt one since tariffs ultimately affect businesses. Tariffs don't have to be individually directed at companies for the impacts of tariffs to affect them. We know this by the stock hits to US auto manufacturers like GM which like other companies, uses parts from multiple international sources even though the cars are assembled here.
 
Then Donnie Boy made a mistake negotiating the USMCA, no?
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He's too afraid to respond to your post honestly, because doing so would be to admit he was wrong to defend Trump's previous actions. So the best you'll get is a bitchy response to hide retreat.
 
He's too afraid to respond to your post honestly, because doing so would be to admit he was wrong to defend Trump's previous actions. So the best you'll get is a bitchy response to hide retreat.
I know, but that has its own entertainment value, much like watching sports bloopers.
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shrug...

Perhaps. It will certainly be a better trade deal.
Will it? I'm not so sure since it's hard to beat "the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA". I mean, what's better than that? Perhaps a bester and more importanter trade deal ever made by the USA in the history of ever?

Not at all. The USMCA was better than NAFTA.
So what's interesting here is he called NAFTA the worst deal ever made, yet the USMCA was not too dissimilar from NAFTA. It certainly had some modifications that were better, but it wasn't a radically different deal since it kept the trade between nations except modernized aspects of NAFTA to bring it more in line with changes in trade between all three nations.

What's curious about his commentary about trade between the three nations (US, Mexico, Canada) is the status quo is based on the terms the US under his administration agreed to, which makes his comments really bizarre. For me he lost the plot when he made reference to the dairy tax and completely misrepresented what it was and the fact the US agreed to it under the USMCA.
 
Trump is trying to get bilateral agreements with each of the two countries.

The two countries each have different economic and trade issues with the US. A "one size fits all" multilateral agreement isn't optimal.
Why didnt he do this when he signed this deal in the first place and called it a win?
 
Why didnt he do this when he signed this deal in the first place and called it a win?
He bragged about dictating the terms of the agreement. The agreement whereby big, bad Canada steals Americas lunch money.
 
I...agree.



That argument can be made, but we can use leverage in ways that aren't shocks to the system.
Maybe we can but they haven't. It's a little late to complain about a disruptor like Trump coming in to power when we did it their way for decades and have gotten poor results. If there is a better way, they should have taken it long ago.
 
Workers make different wages within the US. If a company chooses location A over location B because of lower wages, does that decimate the middle class?

Does the middle class decimate itself by demanding higher wages?

The middle class has indeed decimated itself in that it expects to be paid wages earned by educated people while having no education. The middle class wants to screw iPhones together while being paid more than the engineer who designed them.

Wait...the engineers are middle class. The assembly line is working class. The "middle class" you refer to is highly confused.



Better education and wide-awake entrepreneurship are needed. Trade deals won't help.

Nobody owes you anything. Keep me out of your "we."
Remind me again which party keeps telling people they deserve higher wages and demands minimum wage increases?
 
Maybe we can but they haven't. It's a little late to complain about a disruptor like Trump coming in to power when we did it their way for decades and have gotten poor results. If there is a better way, they should have taken it long ago.
Trump negotiated the deals with Canada and Mexico - and said they were the best deals - and then turned around and spit on them.

Why?
 
Apple is an American company. It's not competing with itself. It's competing with other producers. Capitalism naturally seeks lower costs. Controlling trade artificially is anti-capitalistic.

The GOP used to be capitalistic. It's one thing I liked about them. Something happened.
Do you believe we should foll9w a pure capitalist economic model? I rarely hear someone who leans left take that position.
 
Do you believe we should foll9w a pure capitalist economic model?
Define the term.

I rarely hear someone who leans left take that position.
Cute. Stupid, but cute.

I'm fiscally conservative. Much more conservative than you. If you were conservative, you'd understand that I don't lean left on economic issues.

I see you're stumped. Enjoy the Trump induced recession. Enjoy your anti-capitalist lean. Enjoy your pro-tax left lean.
 
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Do you even hear yourself?

Your posts are really quite pathetic - there seems to be absolutely no limit as to how much you will debase yourself to defend Trump.

Why?
What are they gonna say though?

"Trump is hurting MAGAs."
 

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