Yet more evidence that America's unreasonable regulations are a national security threat. This unduly red tape does nothing to serve the national interest ... or the common good.

https://reason.com/2026/03/21/chinas-rare-earth-dominance-was-made-in-america/

#bureaucracy #China #freeTrade #geopolitics #governmentFailure #nationalInterest #nationalSecurity #overregulation #permits #rareEarth #UnitedStates

As the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepares for its 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this March, we must confront the troubling reality of its impact on global trade. Established to facilitate free trade, the #WTO has only intensified poverty and inequality worldwide. We are calling upon all our members and allies to organize mobilizations.

#FreeTrade #FoodSovereignty

https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/03/global-call-to-mobilise-against-the-wto-and-free-trade-agreements/

Inspired by the 1968 The New Romans: Candid Canadian Opinions of the U.S., essays in Elbows Up from past and present cultural figures highlight changing notions of #Canadian identity as well as ground lost since Mulroney sold out #Canada to #freetrade and our loss of control of our #media, cultural and other industries to the American hegemons. #Indigenous contributors note that Canadians should now understand threats & subjugation that First Nations have endured for decades.

#books #reading