Tony Smith wrote:
>>>Free Trade Agreeement with the US.  We got screwed.  We liked it.  So
>>>they
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>Now, this one I can't agree with. When you have a free trade agreement,
>>*both* sides win. Sure, you have selected industries that go bankrupt, but
>>the benefit to consumers (cheaper goods) far outweigh the losses of a few
>>underperforming companies. Macroeconomics 101.
> 
> 
> 
> Well, that's how it's *supposed* to work.  Practice differs from theory.
> 
> Tony
> 

Indeed, individual US politicians and lobbyists  carry so much weight 
that even when free-trade arbitrators rule agaist them they still block 
goods using "legal" end-runs to protect their home turfs.

D

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