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Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts) Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:11 AM Oct 2018

So NAFTA is now TrumpTA, eh?

Sounds like the usual. Leverage his way in with threats and bullying, throw some gold plate around without really upgrading anything, paste his logo above the door, then brag about his new "conquest."

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So NAFTA is now TrumpTA, eh? (Original Post) Wounded Bear Oct 2018 OP

and the faithful will insist that this tiny change monumentally turned a disaster into a miracle. unblock Oct 2018 #1

Bingo! BlueJac Oct 2018 #2

A minor revision and major harm to diplomatic relations MattP Oct 2018 #3

This is all fucking politics for malaise Oct 2018 #4

The devil's in the details, and it is not going to be what is being pushed still_one Oct 2018 #5

According to John Harwood of CNBC House of Roberts Oct 2018 #6

Pretty much onenote Oct 2018 #7

Trump was just coming out to the presser on MSNBC... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #8

It seems that way. Johonny Oct 2018 #9

The Canadian negotiators NoSmoke Oct 2018 #10

was NAFTA Thomas Hurt Oct 2018 #11

Still Obama's deal to me....during a time the nation had the greatest job growth streak in history. Fred Sanders Oct 2018 #12

unblock

(52,227 posts)

1. and the faithful will insist that this tiny change monumentally turned a disaster into a miracle.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:13 AM

Oct 2018

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)

2. Bingo!

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Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:14 AM

Oct 2018

MattP

(3,304 posts)

3. A minor revision and major harm to diplomatic relations

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Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:16 AM

Oct 2018

malaise

(268,999 posts)

4. This is all fucking politics for

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:19 AM

Oct 2018

The mid-terms

still_one

(92,190 posts)

5. The devil's in the details, and it is not going to be what is being pushed

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:23 AM

Oct 2018

House of Roberts

(5,170 posts)

6. According to John Harwood of CNBC

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:29 AM

Oct 2018

this is just the old NAFTA with added language already agreed to from TPP under Obama.

onenote

(42,703 posts)

7. Pretty much

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:31 AM

Oct 2018

It's actually a much better deal for Canada than would have been the case if Trump had withdrawn from NAFTA.

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)

8. Trump was just coming out to the presser on MSNBC...

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:35 AM

Oct 2018

I switched to the Weather Channel.

Johonny

(20,851 posts)

9. It seems that way.

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:42 AM

Oct 2018

NoSmoke

(69 posts)

10. The Canadian negotiators

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:46 AM

Oct 2018

were spot-on in calling Trump's bluff and bluster.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

11. was NAFTA

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:50 AM

Oct 2018

but that sounds collectivist and sh^t, so they changed the name to the US, Mexico, Canada Trade Agreement....all is good with the world now. LOL

another vanity scam from the grifter in chief.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

12. Still Obama's deal to me....during a time the nation had the greatest job growth streak in history.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 12:43 PM

Oct 2018

The contradiction is in saying it is a booming economy and then saying the main trade agreement during this time is doing harm to that economy? Holy opposites, Batman!

Do you know America exports more goods to Canada than China, Germany, Mexico and Japan combined... and 32 states have Canada as its chief trading partner...just found that out.

You can sell Canada a few more jugs of milk and some eggs and call that a win if you like, just to be polite.

And you need not mention America exports more dairy products to Canada than it imports.

The real problem is American dairy farms are pumping out more dairy than Americans can possibly consume.

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