Trump Flunks on Trade

If Donald Trump were elected president, how many Americans would lose their jobs? Millions would. Trump’s war with Mexico would be the reason. Moreover, 318 million Americans, including the millions who would lose their jobs, would all lose money on everything they buy from cars to tomatoes. Billions of dollars would be drained out of American pockets day every day. That money would be lost forever. Who says so apart from this writer? Frederick Smith, founder and CEO of one of the most successful business in the world, FedEx. The United States Chamber of Commerce agrees. Some jobs have been lost to Mexico and Canada since the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) opened for business on January 1, 1994. How many? Trump has no idea and neither do his achichincles (ah-chee-chee-n-klehs, gofers). Nor do they have any idea how every individual American who spends money benefits from Nafta and all foreign trade. There are 318 million people in the USA and every...(Read Full Article)