The BS behind NAFTA and TPP: The economic benefits of free-trade deals are small according to a new congressional report

[Angelo Young| October 03, 2016 | Salon] Free-trade agreements have become a flashpoint in this year’s contentious presidential race as voters from the right and left have decried them. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had pledged to eliminate the North American Free Trade Agreement while Democrat Hillary Clinton has backed out of supporting the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive deal that would bring…