it's becoming increasingly clear that outsourcing and international free trade is going to be a central issue in this campaign. herbert had mentioned in an earlier article what krugman articulates much more eloquently in this article. and i think it's a rational view of free trade - it's not a win-win situation - there are winners and losers - and domestic safeguards need to be placed with clamping down on economic growth. hopefully a coherent, persuasive argument will emerge in congress that will help US workers (like my mother who was recently layed off) domestically, while lifting up our international trade partners (like my cousin who runs his own software company in bangalore, india).
Op-Ed Columnist: The Trade Tightrope
Posted by chaguturu at February 28, 2004 12:42 AM | TrackBack