Obama Sends Trade Representative to Davos

How interesting. In Canada, there are many consumer-based movements that promote buying local, or "buying Canadian", of recent note the sustainable food advocates. Perhaps part of the problem is not buying American or Canadian or wherever, but rather restoring manufacturing jobs in countries that corporate-types deemed too expensive and too legislatively restrictive. In their profit-driven wisdom, they shut down factories and moved to countries with few if any labour laws, including occupational health and safety, as well as unenforced environmental standards. Thank you North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). At least the European Union has tried to address employment standards and workers' rights. In the end, whatever we do, it's the developing countries we've exploited that will be hit the hardest.