For decades, the United States has championed free trade, touting its ability to deliver lower consumer prices and increased global economic interdependence.
I’m curious about our trade with Canada. I feel like we had decent trade agreements with them and that is quickly being destroyed. We get a lot of our oil from them and our refineries are set up to process the unrefined oil we get from them and less so the unrefined U.S. oil. It’s going to affect gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel which will impact goods moving through the U.S. That seems pretty short sighted. Everything is going to get more expensive because of that decision and at the end of the day the people affected most are low and middle class Americans who are already feeling the crunch.
That’s a very good argument. I think we can all agree that change needs to be more gradual and measured than the shoot from the hip method we’re currently using.
J, Related to this... I am curious to explore the topic of what American Workers are currently skilled at producing today and what they should be skilled at producing in the future... and how we prepare for this as a Country. Thank you...
I like that. I was just thinking about Bill Clinton’s vision of all of the green energy jobs that should have been created over the last 30 years. Unfortunately, we shipped almost all of that manufacturing to China and Europe. I’ll do some research.
I’m curious about our trade with Canada. I feel like we had decent trade agreements with them and that is quickly being destroyed. We get a lot of our oil from them and our refineries are set up to process the unrefined oil we get from them and less so the unrefined U.S. oil. It’s going to affect gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel which will impact goods moving through the U.S. That seems pretty short sighted. Everything is going to get more expensive because of that decision and at the end of the day the people affected most are low and middle class Americans who are already feeling the crunch.
That’s a very good argument. I think we can all agree that change needs to be more gradual and measured than the shoot from the hip method we’re currently using.
J, Related to this... I am curious to explore the topic of what American Workers are currently skilled at producing today and what they should be skilled at producing in the future... and how we prepare for this as a Country. Thank you...
I like that. I was just thinking about Bill Clinton’s vision of all of the green energy jobs that should have been created over the last 30 years. Unfortunately, we shipped almost all of that manufacturing to China and Europe. I’ll do some research.