I was very impressed last week when the Post managed to discuss the trade debate in Congress without once referring to the propsective trade pacts as “free trade” agreements. Unfortunately, the turn to more accurate and neutral descriptions of trade deals has not carried through to other articles. In today’s piece on the immigration deal in Congress “free trade” is back.

–Dean Baker

Dean Baker is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. Read more about Dean.