Reply #7: Free trade

[Maple]

is hardly a scam. It's simply a trade agreement between nations, like the many others you have.

It has to be signed by sovereign nations, and has provisions to protect that sovereignty, so it has nothing to do with any subjugation of anyone.

The actual figures produced by NAFTA's implementation show that it's doing a good job by all 3 countries....although of course there is some opposition to it in all 3 countries. Mostly the unemployed.

It does not call for the elimination of any such thing as environmental protection, nor does it force wages down. It does provide for competition...and for the first time you are facing some competition.

I thought Americans believed in competition? That's what you keep telling the rest of the world.

However in practice, the minute the field is level, and there actually IS competition....suddenly you want all the doors closed again, and the field tipped in your favor.