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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:28 AM Apr 2015

If Clinton Is Serious About Economic Populism, She Should Come Out Against Fast Track [View all]


John Nichols,The Nation, April 17, 2015

Hillary Clinton has backed NAFTA-style “free trade” agreements and she has opposed NAFTA-style “free trade” agreements. Like many other prominent Democrats, she has been inconsistent in her support of what is best for workers, the environment and human rights.

But Clinton has a chance to get trade policy right when it matters. And when it matters is now.

Despite overwhelming opposition from labor, farm, environmental, and social-justice groups, Congress is preparing to consider whether to provide Obama with the “fast track” authority he seeks to construct a “free trade” deal linking the North American and Asian nations of the Pacific Rim. Imagine the North American Free Trade Agreement on steroids and you get a sense of what is at stake.

Yet, so far, Clinton’s office has offered only a statement about how she is “watching closely” as the debate evolves and a suggestion that she wants “greater prosperity and security for American families, not trade for trade’s sake.”


So what's Clinton's stand on the TPP? Well apparently "she is watching closely". I think her consternation tells us a lot about how serious to take her new populism.

more at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/204649/if-clinton-serious-about-economic-populism-she-should-come-out-against-fast-track

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