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To: Rambi who wrote (211962)7/13/2007 3:41:18 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793990
 

The difference was nicely defined in a couple of posts, so it would seem you believe that the distinction, regardless of the given definition and its apparent logic, isn't a valid one for you. I am curious why not


He says, for example, that he is for open and free trade. And yet he is opposed to the very vehicle that makes the modern global system of trade possible. The multilateral trade and finance treaties that he would argue are unconstitutional and undesirable are the rules that make modern global trade uniform, predictable, and dependable. In other words, he likes the result, but not the means to get there. He would propose removing the U.S. from all these treaty obligations, like the WTO, and that is as clearly isolationist as you can get.