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by eli_gottlieb 3664 days ago
Because the actual point of most trade agreements nowadays is precisely to empower the investor class to override local standards regarding things like product composition (think of Europe and its cheeses), labor (what you said already), and environmental issues (think of how China and India dump garbage). It's not at all smart in the long-term if your goal is anything aside from class-struggle from the top, but that does in fact seem to be the goal.