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The phony "free trade" lobby: why the so-called "free trade" lobby is pushing a trade agenda that actually reduces free trade and American independence.(TRADE)(Business Roundtable)

From: The New American  |  Date: 5/16/2005  |  Author: Eddlem, Thomas R.

Mention "free trade" in any public discourse today, and one is likely to come up with such topics as NAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and Fast Track Trade authority for the president.

"Free trade" means simply an absence of any government intervention in business. Government intervention can take the form of tariffs and other taxes, trade sanctions, import quotas, regulations, ...

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