[lbo-talk] Canada's NAFTA debate revived in wake of US softwood decision

[Autoplectic]

On 8/28/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Marvin Gandall quoted Linda McQuaig:
> 
> >We'd continue to trade with the Americans but we'd revert to our old way of
> >trading with them - under the rules of the World Trade Organization, a
> >global trade treaty formerly known as the General Agreement on Tariffs and
> >Trade.
> 
> Ha! See? Better the WTO than dealing with the US one-on-one!
> 
> Doug

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The USG will yield under NAFTA; it's a matter of getting political
mileage out of it for domestic consumption for a while longer. Same
with the dispute w/Brazil in the WTO. Right now there's just too much
testosterone in the global trade disputes, partly due to the war in
Iraq.

Ian