Bush before him) to boost access for US exports, raise global labor standards, and prevent China from imposing its own rules. Kerry cited a Brookings Institution report that, like plenty of other research, concluded that automation and technology (like robotics and 3-D printing), not trade, are behind 85 percent of manufacturing job losses in the US.īut Trump has seized upon on trade as the scapegoat, pledging on day one to scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation accord negotiated by Barack Obama (and George W. Without naming Trump, he bemoaned blaming others for problems we’re “unwilling to address.” We’re fighting “a dragon called trade,” when the issue is “inequity”: lack of education, retraining, good wages, adequate Social Security benefits, a workers safety net, he said. Hoarse from a cold, Kerry went on for an hour, warning that if Americans cut off the world, we’ll pay the price.
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