Thread: Trump goes after Ford Motor Co., Clinton at Mich. rally

Originally Posted by Judy

They aren't.

Fair trade:

Fair trade is a social movement whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainability. Members of the movement advocate the payment of higher prices to exporters, as well as improved social and environmental standards.

https://www.google.com/search?q=fair...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Protected Trade:

DEFINITION of 'Protectionism'

Government actions and policies that restrict or restrain international trade, often done with the intent of protecting local businesses and jobs from foreign competition. Typical methods of protectionism are import tariffs, quotas, subsidies or tax cuts to local businesses and direct state intervention.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/protectionism.asp

Still pretty much the same in my book. However, I still lean toward fair trade. What's your point anyway? You've made in clear in the past that you do not support free trade. Well, that is what Trump supports.

Originally Posted by MW

Still pretty much the same in my book. However, I still lean toward fair trade. What's your point anyway? You've made in clear in the past that you do not support free trade. Well, that is what Trump supports.

I'm a protectionist and very satisfied with Trump's positions on trade.

“I’m a free trader, but we can’t be stupid traders,” Trump told supporters who stood outside in the rain for hours to see him speak at the DeltaPlex Arena in Walker. -- Donald Trump

What we have now is stupid trade. And he wants to do away with it, which means he wants to have the freedom to trade internationally but in a manner that protects our economy, business and workers, which is protected trade. But if he uses the term "protected trade", stupid people will think that means isolationism which he does not support, nor do I.

I think some of these issues are just too complicated to discuss here.