There is plenty of room to debate whether this type of labor amounts to exploitation of, excuse the pun, a captive audience or does it take away jobs from those who are in the general work force.

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But this kind of protectionist thinking is myopic and flawed: the innovation and opening of new markets the TPP is designed to spur would lead to exactly the type of jobs that labor craves, namely high-paying manufacturing and technology related jobs.

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While you might be the type to maintain your productivity from now until Labor Day, not everyone is quite so diligent.

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At a recent conference in Washington, Ambassador Urs Ziswiler touted the skilled labor force in Switzerland, where 75% of young people work in some type of apprenticeship program.

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