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interesting post by Digby over at Hullabaloo on some of the hidden consequences of the free trade craze:
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I'm not sure most people realized that these deals could actually adversely affect well ... us, in any other way than perhaps job loss (which we are told is a perfectly reasonable trade-offs for the privilege of buying cheap goods.) As bad as that is, it's not the whole story. These trade deals basically make it possible for global corporate interests to circumvent our laws right here in the good old USA in a number of different ways.
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So, how does it feel to know that your local environmental and product safety laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on?
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