Posted by so on July 9, 2005, at 10:05:30
In reply to Re: Made in the USA, posted by alexandra_k on July 8, 2005, at 22:58:16
> Sorry, that was a bit cryptic.
>
> Just thinking about trade sanctions....Like the ones against Iraq from 1991 until 2003?
And the ones against Cuba, Libya, Iran, Sudan and North Korea?Trade sanctions remain an important component of US foreign policy, but they are only effective insofar as they isolate sanctioned nations outside an economy of unrestricted international trade, which US policy has protected with military force to some extent since at least the 19th century. More recent free-trade intitiatives have been so controversial as to become the primary focus of globally organized political groups, including self-described anarchists who oppose free exchange among merchants across national borders. Nonetheless, free trade and economic globalisation remain unfailing main planks of both leading political parties in the US, and of administrations elected from each party.
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