tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post6158681447292961166..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: Buchanan’s Anti-Free Trade Tirade Under Cover of TPP ‘Fast Track’ Debateprincipled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-71100070069471531292015-06-12T09:45:09.684-04:002015-06-12T09:45:09.684-04:00Trade agreements are complex because of the amount...Trade agreements are complex because of the amount of statism that must be unwound, as you said. Also the number of countries involved (12) makes the TPP especially difficult. <br /><br />The final trade pact Obama submits will not result in unfettered free trade. These pacts never do. If it results in <i>freer</i> trade, on balance, that will be a step in the right direction, and be worth supporting. My final opinion on the matter will depend on the analysis of more knowledgable people whom I trust, such as Steve Forbes. principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-66700657753581091282015-06-12T00:15:29.949-04:002015-06-12T00:15:29.949-04:00Free trade agreements are complex? Maybe so. But...Free trade agreements are complex? Maybe so. But what, briefly, are the complexities? (I don't need a doctoral dissertation on the subject.) Agreements between virtually free countries would be relatively simple. The more statism is involved, on one side or the other or both, the more 'complex' 'free trade' becomes.<br /><br />Yes. I can figure it out for myself. But if anybody who already has a line (of knowledge) about it will help me get going on it, it would save me time and effort. Anyway, I'll start digging my own ground work. Whenever, or if, help comes, it'll still save me time and effort.Mike Kevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09725778137382703642noreply@blogger.com