Re: WTO Opposition

Loren Muldowney (loscott@envsci.rutgers.EDU)
Tue, 07 Dec 1999 08:13:34 -0800

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Previous message: Mark Ritchie: "CORN GROWERS SAY WTO FAILURE IS GOOD NEWS FOR FAMILY FARMERS"
Maybe in reply to: Bluestem Associates: "WTO Opposition"

> At the core of it, WTO opponents are responding to *symptoms* of the
> same powerful deflationary forces already affecting agriculture.
> Workers in other industries are seeing only the leading edges of
> "global competitiveness," but not recognising the fierce competition
> for markets as another form of goods chasing money.

This was a short and depressing summary. Wish I could disagree.
Just one thing nagging. You said:

> Environmentalists
> are not yet recognising the liquidation of natural capital as a
> desperate struggle to generate cash.

In my personal experience, ONLY environmentalists are recognizing the
driving forces, or at least talking about them. Wonder if your
"environmentalists" are different from mine.

Loren Muldowney

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Previous message: Mark Ritchie: "CORN GROWERS SAY WTO FAILURE IS GOOD NEWS FOR FAMILY FARMERS"
Maybe in reply to: Bluestem Associates: "WTO Opposition"