(March 2, 2018 at 5:08 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: As far as lost jobs go I'm pretty sure the free trade movement initially got rolling in US politics during Reagan's campaign against Carter. I'm also pretty sure that more republicans than democrats in both the house and senate voted for NAFTA.
Yes, NAFTA was hammered out under the first Bush administration but went into effect under Clinton.
So naturally, conservatives who like to bitch about our trade agreements blame the Democrats, despite the deal being essentially a Republican agreement. Such is politics in America.
