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[NEWS] Annoying Orange won't pull US out of NAFTA "at this time"
John Freeman:
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--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on April 27, 2017, 12:50:19 AM ---the amount of left-leaning fear-mongering in this thread is astounding
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Ikr
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--- Quote from: Master Matthew² on April 26, 2017, 11:34:46 PM ---Yeah, for real, but like, i expected this.
But hey, it beats having hillary in office pushing for
Immediate world wide nuclear genocide.
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PhantOS:
Master "creating a safe environment for innocent civilians to be evacuated is war-mongering" Matthew
SeventhSandwich:
This was expected. Pulling out NAFTA makes absolutely zero sense. So many goods are traded duty-free between US/Canada/Mexico as a result of NAFTA that scrapping the deal would almost instantly result in a huge dead-weight loss of consumer surplus followed by a small recession in all three countries. One of his advisors probably tapped him on the shoulder and gave him a run-down of why this would be the worst idea ever.
otto-san:
wonder what these renegotiations are gonna be. anyone know enough about the contents of NAFTA to say what parts of the agreement could be made more up-to-date or stronger or anythin like that?
LeisureSuit912:
--- Quote from: Master Matthew² on April 27, 2017, 01:01:36 AM ---Thats not what he's talking about, and you know it.
He meant this stuff:
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Except all of this is going to happen over the next few decades if Annoying Orange's serious about rolling back climate change regulations, taking away health insurance, etc.