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15th July 2016, 06:59 AM
I'll call it the TRUMP/WHO? ticket
Mike Pence
Mike Pence, Trump’s likely running mate, has backed every free trade deal in the last 15 years
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) and Indiana Governor Mike Pence (L) wave to the crowd before addressing the crowd during a campaign stop at the Grand Park Events Center in Westfield, Indiana, July 12, 2016.
There are multiple reports that Mike Pence will be Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate. If he is, how will he explain away his support for the very same free trade deals that Trump has been bashing for more than a year?
Pence represents the staunch right wing of the Republican party establishment, and promises to be someone who will reassure major corporate donors and evangelical activists alike. But that means Pence is miles away with Trump on some key issues—for example, he fiercely opposed Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims travelling to the US.
Given that a Muslim ban is almost certainly unconstitutional, the more important disagreement is on free trade. Trump says that foreign countries are “killing us” and has speculated about a 45% tariff on imports. But Pence, like most economic conservatives, has been a staunch supporter of these deals—in particular, he backs the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration with twelve nations around the Pacific rim.
Pence also defended the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and voted for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and continued trade with China during his 14 years in Congress.
http://qz.com/732245/mike-pence-trumps-likely-running-mate-has-backed-every-free-trade-deal-in-the-last-15-years/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTFDuQJr9oE
Mike Pence loves NAFTA, CAFTA, and the TPP. Does Trump know this?
AJ VICENSJUL. 13, 2016 1:30 PM
The guessing game concerning Donald Trump's vice presidential pick entered a new round this morning, as the presumptive Republican nominee, his adult children, and campaign manager Paul Manafort visited the home of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Pence is one of the few potential Trump running mates who has not publicly turned down the job, and he would bring social conservative cred to Trump's White House bid.
As the Washington Post reported earlier this week, Pence has held a radically different position from Trump on a central issue in the campaign, because Pence is a major advocate for free-trade deals, which Trump has railed against, calling for higher tariffs on trading partners and penalties for companies that move jobs overseas. The Post noted that Pence has backed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, two of Trump's top targets.
But as a congressman who consistently voted for free trade agreements, Pence offered a full-throated endorsement of the North American Free Trade Agreement, another one of Trump's targets. Trump has decried NAFTA as a "disaster" that has allowed other countries to defraud the United States. Yet Pence praised the deal in 2001 and insisted that NAFTA had brought hundreds of millions of dollars to his home state of Indiana. He claimed that under NAFTA, "the volume of US corn exports to Mexico has nearly tripled since 1994."
Watch Pence champion the deal Trump considers evil:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/mike-pence-donald-trump-free-trade
Mike Pence
Mike Pence, Trump’s likely running mate, has backed every free trade deal in the last 15 years
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) and Indiana Governor Mike Pence (L) wave to the crowd before addressing the crowd during a campaign stop at the Grand Park Events Center in Westfield, Indiana, July 12, 2016.
There are multiple reports that Mike Pence will be Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate. If he is, how will he explain away his support for the very same free trade deals that Trump has been bashing for more than a year?
Pence represents the staunch right wing of the Republican party establishment, and promises to be someone who will reassure major corporate donors and evangelical activists alike. But that means Pence is miles away with Trump on some key issues—for example, he fiercely opposed Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims travelling to the US.
Given that a Muslim ban is almost certainly unconstitutional, the more important disagreement is on free trade. Trump says that foreign countries are “killing us” and has speculated about a 45% tariff on imports. But Pence, like most economic conservatives, has been a staunch supporter of these deals—in particular, he backs the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration with twelve nations around the Pacific rim.
Pence also defended the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and voted for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and continued trade with China during his 14 years in Congress.
http://qz.com/732245/mike-pence-trumps-likely-running-mate-has-backed-every-free-trade-deal-in-the-last-15-years/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTFDuQJr9oE
Mike Pence loves NAFTA, CAFTA, and the TPP. Does Trump know this?
AJ VICENSJUL. 13, 2016 1:30 PM
The guessing game concerning Donald Trump's vice presidential pick entered a new round this morning, as the presumptive Republican nominee, his adult children, and campaign manager Paul Manafort visited the home of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Pence is one of the few potential Trump running mates who has not publicly turned down the job, and he would bring social conservative cred to Trump's White House bid.
As the Washington Post reported earlier this week, Pence has held a radically different position from Trump on a central issue in the campaign, because Pence is a major advocate for free-trade deals, which Trump has railed against, calling for higher tariffs on trading partners and penalties for companies that move jobs overseas. The Post noted that Pence has backed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, two of Trump's top targets.
But as a congressman who consistently voted for free trade agreements, Pence offered a full-throated endorsement of the North American Free Trade Agreement, another one of Trump's targets. Trump has decried NAFTA as a "disaster" that has allowed other countries to defraud the United States. Yet Pence praised the deal in 2001 and insisted that NAFTA had brought hundreds of millions of dollars to his home state of Indiana. He claimed that under NAFTA, "the volume of US corn exports to Mexico has nearly tripled since 1994."
Watch Pence champion the deal Trump considers evil:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/mike-pence-donald-trump-free-trade