Posted under Economics & Free Trade & Korea Trade Deal & Paleoconservatism & Pat Buchanan
Here’s one to warm the hearts of our old school paleo readers. (Is there such a thing as a new school paleo?) Pat Buchanan takes on free trade. Brings back memories, doesn’t it?
Since CHT worked hard to stop the Korea “Free Trade” Agreement, here is what Pat has to say about that.
What about South Korea, the country with whom we signed a free-trade deal in 2012?
U.S. exports to Korea fell last year, and due to a surge in imports our trade deficit in goods with South Korea soared 25 percent to $16.6 billion.
Seoul’s trade minister who cut that deal and cleaned our clock should get a medal and the kind of bonus Americans reserve for people like hedge fund managers and the folks who ran Fannie and Freddie.
Dan on 27 Feb 2013 at 11:38 pm #
Buchanan is conservative, period. Pat Buchanan has always pointed out the various problems with free trade just as Thomas Fleming, Samuel Francis, et al. have for quite some time.
If you take a look at the Republicans who are in favor of free trade, they are not the least bit conservative. Bush I, Bush II, and the “neocons” who have hijacked the Republican Party are liberals. Bill Kristol, Ben Wattenberg, etc., etc., switched parties for one reason, they believe in spreading democracy and free trade across the globe by force if necessary.