Who's Afraid of Free Trade?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Trade agreements may be essential in the global economy, but they’re a source of anxiety — even among those who seem to be "winners." The West Coast is one of the unexpected places where they're widespread anxiety.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. The twice-monthly |
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| 0:27.4 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:35.2 | Who's afraid of free trade? |
| 0:40.3 | Hello again. I'm Aronaldi, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:44.2 | A daily look at the issues Americans cut about most. |
| 0:46.7 | The global economy makes for winners and losers in different parts of the United States, |
| 0:50.6 | and there's widespread anxiety even in unexpected places. Truckers who pick up imported |
| 0:56.0 | goods from the busiest ports in the country are counted among the winners. They worry about the losers. |
| 1:01.6 | There's very few things that'll say, made me USA. When some people are losing their jobs, |
| 1:06.9 | everybody's uncomfortable, and there's fear that good times are a thing of the past. |
| 1:11.5 | As the presidential campaign moves west, we'll hear that even California voters are ambivalent |
| 1:16.3 | about the future of free trade. Today's talking point in the digital age, knowing more, |
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| 1:56.8 | Hello again. I'm Armin Alney back with To the Point. |
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