i would think theres a conservative - progressive majority alliance that could, but probably wont bother to, stop this thing
this is what corporations can do and have done under trade deals like TPP and NAFTA which both democrats and republicans supported. they can sue governments over regulations which affect or might affect their profits. meaning they dont even have to be making profits to sue them over would be future profits.
It devastated that industry but not Mexico. Spent three months down there including 2 months in Guadalajara, the second largest city. A lot of development for such devastation. Look at the auto related industry around Saltillo. One sector got hurt, but millions of jobs created by manufacturing.Ken KlippensteinVerified account @kenklippenstein 2h2 hours ago
In reality, NAFTA devastated Mexico. In the first decade of NAFTA:
-Mexico lost over 900,000 farming jobs (forcing many Mexicans to seek work in the US)
-US corn exports to Mexico *quadrupled*
-Mexican corn prices fell 66% Source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/09/news/economy/nafta-farming-mexico-us-corn-jobs/index.html …
Pushed the poor rural farmer into the city to find work. When that didn't happened they headed north.Ken KlippensteinVerified account @kenklippenstein 2h2 hours ago
In reality, NAFTA devastated Mexico. In the first decade of NAFTA:
-Mexico lost over 900,000 farming jobs (forcing many Mexicans to seek work in the US)
-US corn exports to Mexico *quadrupled*
-Mexican corn prices fell 66% Source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/09/news/economy/nafta-farming-mexico-us-corn-jobs/index.html …