With Government, corporate, and consumer debt at very high historical levels and demographics in developed and many large developing countries pointing to a long term slowdown in consumer spending due to aging baby boomers, it is really in our best interest to mess with our trade agreements? A deep disruption in our economy is likely, and we are in a very vulnerable position to a negative economic and geopolitical feedback loop. Many consumers, businesses, and local governments do not have the financial capacity to deal with an economic downturn right now. For example, on the West Coast of the United States, well over 50% of consumers only have about two weeks worth of expenses saved up. If the US becomes an unreliable trade partner, the affected countries with seek new trade relationships with our competitors. With this at a time when China has shown an increasingly aggressive geopolitical agenda, we need all the friends we can get. The US politicians should be focusing on making sure that we have the ability to enforce our existing trade agreements and to ensure markets stay open for our expensive, value added, and high wage paying services.