CHRISTIANITY means not hurting our poor breathren by undercutting their way of producing a livable income
When did the WTO represent Christianity?
I assume you are referring to this statement: "inevitably butchers international competition from poor, underdeveloped states, many of which have nothing to sell but agricultural products"
How dare that nasty, evil America!
The agriculture grown by American farmers which is subsidized, technologically sophisticated and efficient is not fertilized with human waste as is the food in poor, underdeveloped countries. Since we don't used human waste to fertilize our food, our immunities are different than the third world country peoples.
Remember the mess in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Georgia to three Mexican produce firms? The Hepatitis A outbreak when it was determined that the green onions (scalions) were contaminated and had infected 575 people and causing 3 deaths,
CHRISTIANITY does not mean commiting suicide to help those who refuse to help themselves.
Psst Human fecal matter is not uncommon in Mexican groundwater.
There are other issues also contributing to this problem. Our agriculture is under extreme pressure from those who would "save the fish" and what ever other critter they can find over the production of food. The resulting regulations cause the cost of production to be much higher than the market price. Cheap goods coming in from 3 world countries are already cutting into our farmers lively hoods. I have articles showing a detriment to the raisin and asparagus industries. The same is happening with wheat, cotton and beef.
I advocate a system of free market environmental conservation that would take the pressure off our farmers and allow them to better compete in this global marketplace. If we take away the subsidies before solving our environmental problem, the same thing that happened to our logging industry will happen to our agriculture. If you think we are socialist now, just wait.