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Old 12-29-2007, 04:27 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Shake View Post
NAFTA guaranteed no rights for workers, only 'free trade' that did not include freedom of travel. Companies get tariff-free access to new markets and cheap workers with no rights (while still collecting subsidies from governments), workers get increasingly lower wages and restrictions on where they can work. All the energy wasted on racist hysteria over Mexicans could be better used creating a NAFTA that works.
Well, I've got a couple of questions....do the other trade blocs garuntee anything?

Also, how would we set an agreement that would establish worker rights in another country? Would we in fact set a minimum wage (in another country) only for our suppliers that go there? Would it be set for any company that we import from there regardless of where it's home is?
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