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The Nasty Truth: Free Trade Agreements May Scuttle Green Jobs Plans

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted October 30, 2008.


Many of the promises the candidates make on the stump would have trouble passing muster with the WTO -- that's the whole point of "free trade" deals.

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Joshua Holland is an AlterNet staff writer.

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