http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/13/obama-trade-and-the-echoes-of-1929/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/13/obama-trade-and-the-echoes-of-1929/comment-page-1/#comment-4131 Kramer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:01:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=2614#comment-4131 Time for a reality check here. In 1929 the US raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported items, sparking retaliations by all its major trading partners. Can you explain how putting a few minor bilateral free trade agreements on hold equates to that disastrous situation? The situation today is nowhere near as disturbing as you make out. Time for a reality check here. In 1929 the US raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported items, sparking retaliations by all its major trading partners. Can you explain how putting a few minor bilateral free trade agreements on hold equates to that disastrous situation? The situation today is nowhere near as disturbing as you make out.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/13/obama-trade-and-the-echoes-of-1929/comment-page-1/#comment-4052 nonono Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:03:54 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=2614#comment-4052 It's worse than you suggest. The trade agreements don't merely "have to wait": they're been ignored and disdained because that's what Ron Bloom and the UAW/USW/AFL-CIO/SEIU demand. It’s worse than you suggest. The trade agreements don’t merely “have to wait”: they’re been ignored and disdained because that’s what Ron Bloom and the UAW/USW/AFL-CIO/SEIU demand.

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