The Choice Is Not Between TPP or No Trade

The high-profile presidential primary revolt against decades of damaging American trade policy finally has forced the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) into mainstream media coverage. [Lori Wallach| March 24, 2016 |Huffington Post] The usual free-trade-agreement cheerleading squad of chronic-job-offshoring corporations, Wall Street, agribusiness and their coterie of think tanks and pundits are unnerved. After spending billions in…

Bernie Sanders gets trade right

Residents of Washington state recognize the difference between a good trade policy and a bad trade policy. A bad trade policy is still bad, even if you call it “free trade,” “nuanced trade” or “utilitarian.” [Stan Sorscher| March 23, 2016 |Seattle Times] The Trans-Pacific Partnership is neither free, nuanced nor utilitarian. It’s an extension of…