tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post115532022579794812..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: Don't Talk Trade, Free ItSheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-1155401371824530672006-08-12T11:49:00.000-05:002006-08-12T11:49:00.000-05:00The comments towards the end of the column about t...The comments towards the end of the column about the US government's agenda of imposing US "intellectual property" definitions are illuminating. <BR/><BR/>Washington wants to impose a "shrink wrap" empire.<BR/><BR/>A couple of years back WIRED ran an excellent article <A HREF="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/start.html?pg=2" REL="nofollow">here</A> called THE EAGLE IS GROUNDED. Where the EU wants free trade but says it must insist on a range of labour, environmental and cultural standards, the US says it wants free trade but must insist on IP standards. <BR/><BR/>The new IP based protectionism will ultimately be as crippling and as unproductive as the history of merchant marine subsidies the WIRED article elucidates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com