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
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