From the article’ “He believes NAFTA, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, essentially made it hard for companies like Weirton Steel, . .”
NAFTA was negotiated during the presidency of the globalist George H W. Bush. Clinton signed the bi-partisan bill after taking office.
The Uruguay Round trade talks, which created the World Trade organization (WTO) began in 1986. Ronald Reagan was President.
In 2000 the Republican led Senate Senate voted 85 to 15 to 15 to lower tariffs on Chinese imports and admit China to the WTO. 7 Democrats and 8 Republicans voted against the bill. “I know there are legitimate concerns about this legislation and that there are those who are having to struggle with whether or not we can trust China to comply,” declared Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.). “But I also know it would be a tremendous mistake to ignore the advantages of this trade legislation.”
In 2005 Republican President George W Bush signed into law the CAFTA free trade agreement legislation.
The free trade agreements that decimated American manufacturing were bipartisan. The politicians of both parties sold out to multinational corporations and globalist institutions. When you drive through a gutted town in middle America the blight and poverty is the consequence of deliberate and conscious personal greed.
Living in Costa Rica for five years I don’t get CAFTA at all. Import fees on cars are 50-80%, a driving reason our newest car is 15 years old