Sometimes it seems like free trade advocates will use just about any crisis to argue for the further deregulation of trade rules. Over the last decade, it has been argued that trade expansion would enhance democracy, fight terrorism, mitigate climate change, and stabilize global financial markets. IATP's Alexandra Strickner and ATTAC's Christian Felber set the historical record straight in a new commentary taking World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy to task for cheerleading for further trade liberalization.
