The Detroit News. It doesn't work that way, however. For decades, free trade has been a matter of American largesse. We're the economic superpower, so we can afford to give some of our factories, jobs and wealth to poorer nations as investments toward a mutually beneficial future.
Ritual sacrifice is nothing new.
For millennia, it has had a salutary and edifying impact on society. Trouble is, we no longer are willing to brand it for what it really is. That's why the UAW, the AFL-CIO and other unions are complaining about the hemispheric free trade overtures that took place in Quebec last week. Other nations exact a price for this. Fine print heck.