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Originally posted by Spanky
. . . And cutting tariffs are good for us. Cutting tariffs are not something we give away to get something else. Cutting them is good for us. . . .
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1) True, but they are a bargaining chip.
2) What is good for "us" is not necessarily good for the relevant organized political constituencies.
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. . . Either way the labor and environmental standards having nothing to do with free trade. You may think they do by your tortured analysis of a level playing field but they are a side issue.
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Intellectually they do not. Politically they do. The giant sucking sound is still heard in union halls throughout the US.
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Like I said, business knows what is best for business. And if they want tariff reductions and don't care about your level playing field I would tend to think that if we are trying to do what is good for business we should listen to them. Doesn't that make sense.
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Yes, but it's a truism. Businesses want tariff reductions only when it helps them. Sometimes tariffs help them, which is why the anti-dumping laws continue to exist and are regularly invoked.
