Article: Free choice ends with trade treatiesSince 1980, the free market has

Free choice ends with trade treaties Since 1980, the free market has been notably extolled.

And the corporations have also said free market choice would ensure the best product on the market and that no governmental regulation is needed.

But corporations violate the free choice of consumers through trade treaties with other nations.

No matter how meager the wage, how environmentally destructive, even how unhealthy the product or workers' safety, these trade treaties -- namely GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) for Europe, Asia, etc.; and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) applying to Central America and Mexico -- allow and now govern our and other nations' global policy, ...

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