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Free Trade: Who Wins and Who Loses
NAFTA, CAFTA and the Trans Pacific Partnership are complex, economic agreements. Even economists disagree about who wins and who loses, so it's a challenge for voters to know which candidate is right or wrong. We rebroadcast Warren Olney's conversation about “free trade” and political trade-offs.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenNAFTA, CAFTA and the Trans Pacific Partnership are complex, economic agreements. Even economists disagree about who wins and who loses, so it's a challenge for voters to know which candidate is right or wrong. We rebroadcast Warren Olney's conversation about “free trade” and political trade-offs.
Later on the program, every month, one million people in India reach the age of 18. We hear about the continuing influence of the ancient caste system on the youthful population of the world's largest democracy.
Photo: "Stop Fast Track" rally in Washington DC, April 2015 (AFGE)
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3 storiesCrunching the Delegate Numbers
Donald Trump faces a narrow path to reaching the 1,237 delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination outright. Tuesday's primary in Wisconsin could set the trajectory for the rest of the race. The recent Bernie Sanders sweep has reduced his delegate deficit with Hillary Clinton but the math still favors the former Secretary of state.
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Ronald Reagan, both Presidents Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have all supported massive trade agreements from NAFTA to CAFTA to the Trans Pacific Partnership.
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The world's largest democracy is changing fast, but India's caste system still prevails in many ways. Somini Sengupta, who covers the United Nation for the New York Times, has lived in both the United States and India, and considers herself part of both countries.
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