Trade
Neoliberal agenda thriving despite Trump’s nationalist trade rhetoric
February 21, 2017President Trump talks a good nationalist game when it comes to TPP and free trade, but the rest of his agenda so far shows Wall Street neoliberal ideology is setting the pace.
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Trump and NAFTA: The view from Canada
February 1, 2017Trump’s plans aren’t intended to help workers on either side of the border. NAFTA is, and always has been a bad deal.
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Trump breaks bread with NAFTA’s greatest Mexican beneficiary
December 21, 2016Who, we should ask, will be the losers in a rapprochement between the likes of Trump and Mexico’s richest man, Carlos Slim?
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Clinton reiterates her opposition to TPP, pledges support for infrastructure
August 12, 2016Democratic nominee says as president she will "stop any trade deal that kills jobs or holds down wages, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
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Unions: Dem platform stronger on unfair trade deals
July 13, 2016The proposed Democratic Party platform includes language that is close to an outright rejection of the controversial TPP.
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