Social Protectionism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 15 10:58:00 PST 2000


Dace wrote:


>Opposing the social clause says nothing about further liberalization.
>Promoting the social clause, on the other hand, is predicated on further
>liberalization.

Depends on the social clause. If it's something purely symbolic, like NAFTA, you're right. If it's something with teeth, which I'll concede is extreeeeeemely unlikely, then it's the opposite of liberalization. I don't see the point of discussing this at such an abstract level.

Doug



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