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I'm guessing no. As with most Trump lemmings they believe the simple slogans without actually thinking about it. TPP would have been a boon for us. Instead we left it and China and other nations stepped in and will eat ur lunch. This article discusses one piece of the fall out. Who knew? The same people think antagonizing Mexico is a good idea, while Mexico grows closer to China, giving our chief rival influence on our border. But hey- #MAGA, right? I mean it sounds great, but somehow they can't seem to understand the real world is more than canned slogans.
Pulling out of the TPP was a bad move on Trump's part. But as I recall Hilary was against it too. And that's after earlier calling it the "gold standard of trade deals".
Here in Idaho, more of our potatoes are going to China now than what are sold here, and the Chinese are willing to pay a higher price for our spuds than Americans.
Our potatoes are being shipped only to China, either. Those great Idaho bakers are being shipped to Brazil, Argentina, Japan, everywhere.
Where a person loves a french fry, they love our potatoes. Idaho's spuds make the best french fries. It's our climate and volcanic soil that makes the difference.
So you can bet folks are upset about Trump screwing up our trade deals. This state spends a lot of tax money establishing those trade deals and keeping them solid and stable in unstable times. Foreign trade is what is keeping Idahoans employed, the state economy stable and growing, and our lives happy.
And our potatoes are only part of what Idaho exports. The computers and all the computer stuff we manufacture here, our timber, our minerals, our heavy manufacturing products (Idaho manufactures some very good farm implements), are all exported, and every one of them depends on export to thrive.
Every heartland state does the same. Every heartland state IS the same. We make more of everything than we can sell here in the U.S. alone.
Killing our trade deals is nothing but a straight drop into poverty for millions of us, because we all produce so much.
For every action - there is an unknown and opposite reaction. Farmers are not happy and you can't blame them.
IF they voted for Trump, though, they will not get my pity.
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