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Originally Posted by Best Buckeye
We gave away all that (manufacturing base) with Nafta.
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Far too simplistic when, as you note, the effective job drain is to countries including China, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, etc, etc. None of which are, by definition, NAFTA signatories.
Besides which there is the, not minor, issue that the transfer of manufacturing jobs outside the US to low wage Asian and Indian markets is propelled by multinationals. Again, this a trend that has nothing to do with NAFTA - it is a matter of economic self-interest by corporations. The assumption that we are all going to a service economy oft-touted in the press has dangerous assumptions tied to it, dangerous outcomes that result from the same.