Fair and balancedPinched from both sides: Dan Drezner doesn't like Howard Dean's trade policy: ...the notion that protectionist barriers via labor standards will somehow increase demand for U.S. exports is bulls#@t of such a high order that I can only admire the complete absence of economic logic from Dean's thinking.Matthew Yglesias can't discern what Dean's policy is: What, exactly, does Dean propose to offer his negotiating partners in exchange for these concessions? Alternatively, if he's not offering anything, what is he threatening to do if they don't agree? Will he pull out of NAFTA? For that matter, before we get into the question of what Dean's going to offer, what is he asking for? The economy section of Dean's website doesn't mention trade at all, while the labor page says nothing about NAFTA. It does state that Dean won't sign new trade deals unless they include "meaningful labor, environmental, and human rights protections" but there's no hint of what this means either. |
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