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3) it will increase the incentive to send work offshore to poorer countries

• phkahler 8y ago
  Import tariffs - standard solution to that. The folks yelling "free trade" don't acknowledge that we don't actually have free trade in the first place. All these things need to be kept in balance. It's hard, but that's what governing is supposed to be about. edit. Actually no. Most of the jobs we're talking about are local. Importing stuff from cheaper places is similar to automation.
  • slantyyz 8y ago
    Those work for goods, but what about services like outsourcing IT and call centers to India?
  • ZeroFries 8y ago
    Free trade would lift hundreds of millions out of poverty. https://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/post2015brochure_m.pdf https://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/post...