[Republic of Reagan]

"they are... anti-free trade"

How is this a good thing? Obviously they do not have a lot of economic geniuses in the CP.

[hedgetrimmer]

The "free trade" system set up by the WTO forms a socialist trading system that takes the competitive advantage from "rich" countries and gives it to "poor" countries. It has more to do with a global reorganization of our governmental systems centralizing power in a few global institutions than it does have anything to do with "free" or "trade".

Economic geniuses have seen that the "free trade" system is more in the line with Marxist central control of commerce.

[antisocial]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1418154/posts

This might explain it for you.

[dalereed]

"How is this a good thing?"

Free trade is a push for One World Government, one currency, and a minimum standard of living for the 99.9% of the world population that haven't set themselves up to rule in perpetuity.

Fair trade is another subject which is the one that should be on the table and isn't since it promotes prosperity to those that are smart, energetic, thinking, and have a good work ethic.

[N3WBI3]

Maybe they feel that way because the law of the land only gave the govt the right to collect revenue through tariffs until a questionable income tax passage..