https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55goJJKYE
Here are the sections Trump Mentions, 1 st parts of them.
Trade act of 1962
SEC. 232. SAFEGUARDING NATIONAL SECURITY. (a) No action shall be taken pursuant to section 201 (a) or pursuant to section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to decrease or eliminate the duty or other import restriction on any article if the President determines that such reduction or elimination would threaten to impair the national security. (
1974 Trade act
SEC. 301. ACTIONS BY UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. (a) MANDATORY ACTION.— (1) If the United States Trade Representative determines under section 304(a)(1) that— (A) the rights of the United States under any trade agreement are being denied; or (B) an act, policy, or practice of a foreign country— (i) violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of, or otherwise denies benefits to the United States under, any trade agreement, or (ii) is unjustifiable and burdens or restricts United States commerce; the Trade Representative shall take action authorized in subsection (c), subject to the specific direction, if any, of the President regarding any such action, and shall take all other appropriate and feasible action within the power of the President that the President may direct the Trade Representative to take under this subsection, to enforce such rights or to obtain the elimination of such act, policy, or practice.
SEC. 201. ACTION TO FACILITATE POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT TO IMPORT COMPETITION. (a) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—If the United States International Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the ‘‘Commission’’) determines under section 202(b) that an article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article, the President, in accordance with this chapter, shall take all appropriate and feasible action within his power which the President determines will facilitate efforts by the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition and provide greater economic and social benefits than costs. (b) POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT TO IMPORT COMPETITION.— (1) For purposes of this chapter, a positive adjustment to import competition occurs when— (A) the domestic industry— (i) is able to compete successfully with imports after actions taken under section 204 terminate, or (ii) the domestic industry experiences an orderly transfer of resources to other productive pursuits; and (B) dislocated workers in the industry experience an orderly transition to productive pursuits.
Do you see any "orderly transition"?
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Don works in the trade envioroment that currently exists.
And NEVER has the USA wanted clothing jobs.
Cotton YES
Spinning YES......not making cloths.
But regardless, you are right in your earlier assessment:Good point, but most of America is not that informed. What they do is the Don has much of his branded merchandise made overseas. Its all about perception, sometimes its not fair, but thats politics.
But regardless, you are right in your earlier assessment:
"Those jobs are long gone"
We can bend market forces a bit with public policy, but we can't stem the overwhelming tide! :doh
(regardless of the B.S. one Mr. trump decides to fling at prospective voters)
And that is what the Don is selling, the return of those jobs, not happening. Every canidate since RR has promised there own version of the Dons tag line, did not happen. What makes his supporters believe he can do better?
Trump says one thing and does another, i will pass on the orange one and his empty promises.
Hold on a second. The reason manufacturing jobs went overseas in the first place is because of Trade deals that gave INCENTIVES to ship jobs overseas. It wasn't free market forces. If we removed those incentives then the "cost increases" that the big corporations whine about would be due to moving the manufacturing base from overseas back into this country. Those increases were negated by unfair trade deals that moved the jobs overseas in the first place.But regardless, you are right in your earlier assessment:
"Those jobs are long gone"
We can bend market forces a bit with public policy, but we can't stem the overwhelming tide! :doh
(regardless of the B.S. one Mr. trump decides to fling at prospective voters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55goJJKYE
Here are the sections Trump Mentions, 1 st parts of them.
Trade act of 1962
SEC. 232. SAFEGUARDING NATIONAL SECURITY. (a) No action shall be taken pursuant to section 201 (a) or pursuant to section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to decrease or eliminate the duty or other import restriction on any article if the President determines that such reduction or elimination would threaten to impair the national security. (
1974 Trade act
SEC. 301. ACTIONS BY UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. (a) MANDATORY ACTION.— (1) If the United States Trade Representative determines under section 304(a)(1) that— (A) the rights of the United States under any trade agreement are being denied; or (B) an act, policy, or practice of a foreign country— (i) violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of, or otherwise denies benefits to the United States under, any trade agreement, or (ii) is unjustifiable and burdens or restricts United States commerce; the Trade Representative shall take action authorized in subsection (c), subject to the specific direction, if any, of the President regarding any such action, and shall take all other appropriate and feasible action within the power of the President that the President may direct the Trade Representative to take under this subsection, to enforce such rights or to obtain the elimination of such act, policy, or practice.
SEC. 201. ACTION TO FACILITATE POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT TO IMPORT COMPETITION. (a) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—If the United States International Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the ‘‘Commission’’) determines under section 202(b) that an article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article, the President, in accordance with this chapter, shall take all appropriate and feasible action within his power which the President determines will facilitate efforts by the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition and provide greater economic and social benefits than costs. (b) POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT TO IMPORT COMPETITION.— (1) For purposes of this chapter, a positive adjustment to import competition occurs when— (A) the domestic industry— (i) is able to compete successfully with imports after actions taken under section 204 terminate, or (ii) the domestic industry experiences an orderly transfer of resources to other productive pursuits; and (B) dislocated workers in the industry experience an orderly transition to productive pursuits.
Do you see any "orderly transition"?
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No Reinoe, free trade is what happens when those agreements go into place. They remove tariffs and other trade obstacles. That's why the jobs left; they followed free-market principles and went to the lowest cost producers!Hold on a second. The reason manufacturing jobs went overseas in the first place is because of Trade deals that gave INCENTIVES to ship jobs overseas. It wasn't free market forces. If we removed those incentives then the "cost increases" that the big corporations whine about would be due to moving the manufacturing base from overseas back into this country. Those increases were negated by unfair trade deals that moved the jobs overseas in the first place.
Hold on a second. The reason manufacturing jobs went overseas in the first place is because of Trade deals that gave INCENTIVES to ship jobs overseas. It wasn't free market forces.
Do you see any "orderly transition"?
The orderly transition consists very simply of this: The American Consumer (all 300 million of them) preferred cheaper goods imported from overseas. And American companies could not lower their costs to meet the competition.
So, retailers, in order to keep selling to American consumers started buying large volumes of goods the American consumer wanted to buy. Do you understand that formula?
Were the US to start implementing Import Duties, so its manufacturers of pots-'n-pans or other low-tech goods could compete, then countries would retaliate on American goods - like higher-priced farm-equipment from Deere or computers from IBM. Had that happened, then even higher-skilled, well-paying jobs would have been lost in America. (Which has occurred as well in some high-tech industries.)
Which is what happens when countries stupidly get into Trade Wars simply to protect internal markets from external competition.
A far better solution is for the US to upgrade the skills/competencies of its workers. Which means what?
It means the higher-skilled workers will have better jobs in industries that compete well both at home and on international markets. And the lower-skilled workers will migrate to low-cost service-industries jobs. Like flipping hamburgers at Macdonalds.
Do you like that outcome for fellow Americans? I don't, which is why these unskilled people - instead of flipping hamburgers - should have the same opportunity to retrain themselves into better paying work. And that cannot be done in a country where postsecondary schooling is so damn expensive.
Half the kids in postsecondary schooling today graduate with a more than $30K debt to repay! (See here.) So, you can imagine why the very poorest don't even try. (Hillary's offer for subsidized postsecondary schooling is a godsend to them! See here.)
Furthermore, look there as well for the reason that so many Americans are in jail because "keeping up with the Joneses" enticed them into unlawful activities. The highest percentage of any developed country on earth - which is not an achievement of which we can be proud ...
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Education is a lie and has no future in USA for this simple economic fact.
The Chinaman PHd, is STILL CHEAPER than any US Citizen, and they graduate millions every year.
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