One of the things we have learned in the current Presidential campaign is that there are a lot of angry people out there.  As it turns out, most of them are white and male, and a lot of them are old.  In other words, they’re me.  So, I confess.  I’m one of the angry old white guys.  I’m angry that my country is being taken away from me by people who don’t understand what America is all about.  The difference is that I’m not angry about the same things they are.

 

 

In contemplating writing this View from the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Chair, I sought a current linkage between three elements: the current Presidential election campaigns, the most important trade agreement of this generation, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the concept of "elevated public discourse" … and found none.

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