[WilliamofCarmichael]

Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole. Hell, throw in Alger Hiss.

A DLC New Democrat Third Way progressive, two conservative "free traders," and a Communist.

The WTO.

"The WTO represents the rules-based regime of the policy of economic globalization. The central operating principal of the WTO is that commercial interests should supersede all others. Any obstacles in the path of operations and expansion of global business enterprise must be subordinated. In practice these 'obstacles' are usually policies or democratic processes that act on behalf of working people, labor rights, environmental protection, human rights, consumer rights, social justice, local culture, and national sovereignty."

So who among the New Democrat Third Way progressives, conservative "free traders," and Communists will object if the WTO took on the additional tasks of enforcing social justice, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental justice?

That's the plan.

So, conservative "free traders." When the New Democrat Third Way progressives and Communists ask if you sell rope, RUN!

[New Orleans Slim]

Right. The WTO and NAFTA have been a godsend in stopping local evironmental labor regulations that either keep out American companies, or act as a stealth tariff.

Take a look at the Seattle riots in 2000. The lefties were the ones protesting the WTO.

BTW, if you want to complain about "foreign bueraucrats", then at least find a better case than complaining about cotton subsidies.

[LowCountryJoe]

It's bunk William, the guy who wrote the piece hasn't a proper understanding of what the WTO's role is.