{"id":10350,"date":"2019-09-12T18:54:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T22:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=10350"},"modified":"2019-09-12T18:54:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T22:54:39","slug":"tbt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=10350","title":{"rendered":"TBT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Throwback Thursday (20 years ago)–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. global trade policy was always about more than the\nrisk\/reward of exporting jobs overseas or cheaper foreign labor depressing\nwages domestically. When the World Trade Organization was established to\nregulate international commerce, it was not long before battle lines were drawn\nbetween countries who were working toward protecting the planet and those who\nsimply wanted to do things on the cheap and exploit Earth\u2019s natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Venezuelans claimed that the U.S. Clean Air Act unfairly\nharmed their dirty petroleum industry. The Mexicans threatened an enforcement\naction because the U.S. insisted on a policy of dolphin-safe tuna nets. Hong\nKong claimed it was illegal for U.S. Customs to deny entry at the docks to its\nuntreated wooden pallets, infested with invasive bark beetles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stood with Ralph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With shout-outs to PC alums: Aileen L.\nWalsh<\/a>, Anna\nJastrz\u0119biec Witowska<\/a>, Bob Mentzinger<\/a>, Booth Gunter<\/a>, Brett Katz<\/a>, and Brian Dooley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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