> "I am convinced that if America goes in for Free Trade, she will in
> 10 years have beaten England in the market of the world."
>
> <http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848-ft/1888-ft.htm>
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>
> And it has. The USA gained industrial & military supremacy & has
> decided to advocate free trade. Protectionism has done its job for
> the nation & turned it into an empire.
>
> While underdeveloped nations still have something to gain from
> protectionism, America, Europe, & Japan don't.
>
> Yoshie
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Free trade is now our preferred form of protectionism Yoshie;
nothing's changed....yet......
Ian