The Beginning of the End of Globalization? Faith in Big Trade Deals Keeps Crumbling

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<p>‘At the height of the battle over the Ca a a-US Free Tra e Agreeme t i the 1980s, f ll page a s promise the eal wo l bri g “more jobs, better jobs.”</p>
<p>The a s were expe sive, b t easily affor e by Ca a a’s 160 largest p blic corporatio s, who pai for them as the B si ess Co cil o Natio al Iss es.</p>
<p>The a blitz was i te e co ter the effective campaig by oppo e ts who war e Ca a ia s that te s of tho sa s of ma fact ri g jobs wo l be lost.</p>
<p>Oppo e ts wo the battle for hearts a mi s b t lost the 1988 electio o the iss e, th s maki g Ca a a a the US “free tra e” g i ea pigs.’</p>
<p><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opi io /2016/05/27/Faith-i -Big-Tra e-Deals-Cr mbli g/" target="_bla k">Rea more: The Begi i g of the E of Globalizatio ? Faith i Big Tra e Deals Keeps Cr mbli g</a></p>