04-25-2005, 08:15 AM
I read that too, mostly with comments about the USA (and the EU) forcing free trade through the throats of developing countries, while they themselves keep their markets shut...
Personally, I'd rather go for free trade. The national businesses will either have to increase their competetiveness, or move. As a government, we try to create new opportunities and support the demands of the labour market for (for example) more knowledge-intensive industry instead of manpower-intensive.
The only excuse for USA's steel policy or the EU's agricultural policy is greed and egoism. I prefer to look beyond national borders.
Personally, I'd rather go for free trade. The national businesses will either have to increase their competetiveness, or move. As a government, we try to create new opportunities and support the demands of the labour market for (for example) more knowledge-intensive industry instead of manpower-intensive.
The only excuse for USA's steel policy or the EU's agricultural policy is greed and egoism. I prefer to look beyond national borders.