Unwanted third parties

Yet what do these various proposals to regulate
trade all have in common? They are all attempts
to prevent people from cooperating with each
other. The critics of recent developments in
international trade relations, though they have
couched their arguments in sophisticated economic
rhetoric, are ultimately relying on the tribe
mentality: It's us versus them, and anything
that they are for must be bad for us.

Read that again.

There's that ol' us and them crap again.

And, believe me, there are many thousands of laws
on the books which prohibit cooperation without
unwanted third parties.

Now what do you suppose the unintended or intended
consequences of preventing people from cooperating
are?

Think about it.

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