Comments on: Harper, Brodie, Obama, Clinton & NAFTA http://www.stageleft.info/2008/03/06/harper-brodie-obama-clinton-nafta/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Saskboy http://www.stageleft.info/2008/03/06/harper-brodie-obama-clinton-nafta/comment-page-1/#comment-131715 Saskboy Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:11:17 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2008/03/06/harper-brodie-obama-clinton-nafta/#comment-131715 "North American Free Trade Agreement has buggar-all to do with jobs shipped to China (other than, perhaps, being the top of the infamous slippery slope)." Yet, would that slope be quite as slick without NAFTA? It moved labour from the US and Canada to Mexico, which then was easily outbid by China. Fini! Isn't that how it played out?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('131715','Saskboy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('131715','Saskboy','\"North American Free Trade Agreement has buggar-all to do with jobs shipped to China (other than, perhaps, being the top of the infamous slippery slope).\"\r\n\r\nYet, would that slope be quite as slick without NAFTA? It moved labour from the US and Canada to Mexico, which then was easily outbid by China. Fini! Isn\'t that how it played out?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> “North American Free Trade Agreement has buggar-all to do with jobs shipped to China (other than, perhaps, being the top of the infamous slippery slope).”

Yet, would that slope be quite as slick without NAFTA? It moved labour from the US and Canada to Mexico, which then was easily outbid by China. Fini! Isn’t that how it played out?

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]]> By: Candace http://www.stageleft.info/2008/03/06/harper-brodie-obama-clinton-nafta/comment-page-1/#comment-131710 Candace Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:20:49 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2008/03/06/harper-brodie-obama-clinton-nafta/#comment-131710 My thoughts: Ian Brodie should be dusting off his resume. Anyone with a basic understanding of NAFTA (it's 180 pages or more, so not a quick read by any stretch) "gets" that Ohio can be as angry as they want with NAFTA, but the North American Free Trade Agreement has buggar-all to do with jobs shipped to China (other than, perhaps, being the top of the infamous slippery slope). Any Canadian politician should be able to figure out the difference between campaign rhetoric and reality (particularly vis-a-vis jobs shipped to China, not, to my knowledge, a party to NAFTA). I could go on, but I won't.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('131710','Candace'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('131710','Candace','My thoughts:\r\n\r\nIan Brodie should be dusting off his resume.\r\n\r\nAnyone with a basic understanding of NAFTA (it\'s 180 pages or more, so not a quick read by any stretch) \"gets\" that Ohio can be as angry as they want with NAFTA, but the North American Free Trade Agreement has buggar-all to do with jobs shipped to China (other than, perhaps, being the top of the infamous slippery slope).\r\n\r\nAny Canadian politician should be able to figure out the difference between campaign rhetoric and reality (particularly vis-a-vis jobs shipped to China, not, to my knowledge, a party to NAFTA).\r\n\r\nI could go on, but I won\'t.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My thoughts:

Ian Brodie should be dusting off his resume.

Anyone with a basic understanding of NAFTA (it’s 180 pages or more, so not a quick read by any stretch) “gets” that Ohio can be as angry as they want with NAFTA, but the North American Free Trade Agreement has buggar-all to do with jobs shipped to China (other than, perhaps, being the top of the infamous slippery slope).

Any Canadian politician should be able to figure out the difference between campaign rhetoric and reality (particularly vis-a-vis jobs shipped to China, not, to my knowledge, a party to NAFTA).

I could go on, but I won’t.

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