[JNB]

I actually agree with much of what you say, but there should be a carrot and stick approach. If a country signs a free trade agreement with the US, again it should have provisons to have workers have the same labor protections US workers have, that will give that countrys workers the ability to imporve their standard of living, rather than be de-facto slaves, and also the countrys that sign free trade agreements need to enact similar enviromental standards. Chile actually is quite close in both of those areas.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Absolutely.

[DugwayDuke]

"If a country signs a free trade agreement with the US, again it should have provisons to have workers have the same labor protections US workers have, that will give that countrys workers the ability to imporve their standard of living, rather than be de-facto slaves, and also the countrys that sign free trade agreements need to enact similar enviromental standards.

You realize, of course, that these are the positions of the big labor unions and democrat politicians? These positions allow one to impose unfettered regulation while avoiding their consequences.