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“Free Trade”: Is it working for farmers? Comparing 2007 to 1988
For farmers, so-called “Free Trade” agreements do two things simultaneously: By removing tariffs, quotas, and duties, these agreements erase the economic borders between nations and force the world’s one billion farmers into a single, hyper-competitive market. At the same time, these agreements facilitate waves of agribusiness mergers that nearly eliminate competition for these corporations.
"Via Campesina, from anti-WTO to anti-FTA"
Interview with Jun Gi-Hoan, General Secretary of Korean Peasants League