Political Quotes

“They know how to advance their interests, and we have not been effective in advancing ours. It is time to take TPP off the fast track, take this off the fast track and get busy defending the interests of the American people. DiMicco writes: In principle, any industrial policy would begin by saying the business of creating, making, and building things must be at the heart of any overreaching economic strategy. This agreement is not just about promoting trade; it is about creating a framework for a transnational union which supersedes the authority of Congress. Finally, if it were truly about opening markets to U.S. producers, the United States would simply have negotiated bilateral agreements with the countries we need to talk to. We are the world's greatest market for worldwide products that are made, and right now we give open access, incredibly, to foreign imports. Just look at those containerships on the Pacific coast stacked to the top. It is not working for jobs in America, it is not working for wages in America, and it is not working for manufacturing. We have to make things. Moving to a services economy would be failure. Of course we want trade. Of course we want to purchase items from abroad. I am not saying we shouldn't. What I am asking is, are we, in negotiating this trade agreement, giving even broader access to our markets without getting enough in return? That is the problem. America must make things.…”