World Trade Organization is a good thing, right?

[jjschless]

Wrong!



Officer Petitions Military to Keep the Swiss Army Knife Swiss [Made]


By Paul Verschuur

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aMGQ2fUAukMs

" July 19 (Bloomberg) -- A retired Swiss Army colonel is petitioning the Defense Ministry to keep the famous pocket knife issued to the Alpine nation's soldiers Swiss following reports that the next batch of 65,000 could be made in China.

Alois Kessler, a lawyer who served as a reserve officer until 2004, began his campaign after hearing that World Trade Organization rules may mean the government has to consider bids from anywhere in the world for its new batch of Army knives. "



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Telling a Sovereign Nation that it must abide by WTO rules is absurd.

[LibertyEagle]

We don't need a World Trade Organization to conduct true free trade.

[JTCoyoté]

We don't need a World Trade Organization to conduct true free trade.

The fact that the WTO exists signals top down managed trade! A far cry from true Free-Trade, I don't care how they try to spin it!

JTCoyoté

"The Bush Doctrine is democratic imperialism. This will bleed, bankrupt and isolate this republic. This overthrows the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about what America should be all about." -- Where the Right Went Wrong -- PJB

[LibertyEagle]

The fact that the WTO exists signals top down managed trade! A far cry from true Free-Trade, I don't care how they try to spin it!

JTCoyoté

"The Bush Doctrine is democratic imperialism. This will bleed, bankrupt and isolate this republic. This overthrows the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about what America should be all about." -- Where the Right Went Wrong -- PJB

I realize that, JT.

Who Killed Free Trade?
http://www.mises.org/freemarket_detail.asp?control=189&sortorder=articledate

What is Free Trade?
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2000/cr050200.htm

"As economist Murray Rothbard explained, true free trade does not require treaties or agreements between governments. On the contrary, true free trade occurs in the absence of government intervention in the free flow of goods across borders. Organizations like the WTO and NAFTA represent government-managed trade schemes, not free trade. Government-managed trade is inherently political, meaning politicians and bureaucrats determine who wins and loses in the marketplace. We should not allow globalist trade schemes to masquerade as free trade.

One critical point must not be ignored. The Constitution grants Congress, and Congress alone, the authority to regulate trade and craft tax laws. Congress cannot cede that authority to the WTO or any other international body, nor can the President legally sign any treaty that purports to do so. Our Founders never intended for America to become entangled in global trade schemes, and they certainly never intended to have our domestic laws overridden by international bureaucrats. Quasi-governmental organizations like the WTO are simply incompatible with American national sovereignty." -- Dr. Ron Paul

Or, read to your heart's content at http://www.mises.org
Search on "free trade" or "NAFTA".

The Trouble With Our Trade Treaties
http://www.jbs.org/node/4343

Behind the Job Loss
http://www.jbs.org/node/4342

[JTCoyoté]

I realize that, JT.

My point was to broaden and extend the understanding that you pointed out, namely that the WTO on its face is de-facto "anti-free-trade". It was not to denigrate anything you had said since your original statement implies sufficient understanding. Thus it was for the reader who might need further explanation.

The John Birch Society has been on the forefront against this massive UN encroachment since long before NAFTA. An excellent book on this which is available from JBS is titled "Freedom on the Alter" by Senior Editor William Norman Grigg.

Anyone who has been watching all of this closely knows that the two parties contain within them the core of the globalist movement which is in the pocket of the UN... they are powerful, and at the top of both parties. As Pat Buchanan puts it:
The Democrats and the Republicans are the two wings of the same bird of prey that is feasting on the sovereignty of the American people."

JTCoyoté

"The Bush Doctrine is democratic imperialism. This will bleed, bankrupt and isolate this republic. This overthrows the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about what America should be all about." -- Where the Right Went Wrong -- PJB

[youngbuck]

Anybody know of any good books or resources to learn about the WTO? I recently watched "Battle in Seattle" and it sparked my interest a bit.