Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

This can sound like a process rigged in favor of special interests. But it was created by FDR, and its actual intent was largely the opposite. It took away the ability of Congresspeople to stuff trade bills with goodies for their donors and districts 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 30, 2019 Hibernated

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Background: the way we currently do trade negotiations is that professionals negotiate out of public view, but with input from key business players. Then Congress gets an up or down vote on the result 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And while business interests certainly got a lot of input, it was set up in a way that set different groups against each other — exporters versus import-competing industries — and this served the interests of the general public 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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