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How is free trade a threat to our independence as a nation?
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Well, the argument Paul is giving there is not that free trade in itself is a threat to independence, but "free trade deals," which are essentially supra-governmental regulating bodies that control international trade, with little to no oversight by the general populaces that they affect. They threaten national sovereignty or independence because they affect national policies, without being voted or agreed upon by any representation of the people of the nation.
Jam it back in, in the dark.