As a board member of the Davis United Nations Association, I support a layer of world government that derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. He was the only member of Congress to take up Ralph Nader's challenge. The mainstream Media Monopoly is complicit in this stealth campaign to downsize democracy. They have put forth a stream of propaganda claiming that the New WTO will make everybody rich. Free trade means growth.
Free trade means growth.
Just say it 50 more times and all doubts will melt away. There is much to criticize about GATT's New World Trade Order, but my detailed analysis below focuses on the environmental aspects, which are inseparable from the ability of people to exert democratic power. In the interest of brevity, I have ignored how the New WTO legitimizes child labor, and how it legalizes corporate crimes against the world's indigenous peoples. We knew the Uruguay Round would pass in the House. The real fight will be in the Senate.