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Originally Posted by ARealConservative  NAFTA and CAFTA are managed trade.
Allowing American's to freely purchase supplements, go to Canada for drug, etc - that is free trade.
Nobody is more favorable for voluntary association in the market - aka free trade. |
If you're looking for a candidate who has the most pure rhetoric, then Ron Paul is your man. If you're looking for a candidate who can actually do something to expand free trade, then he isn't.
There is absolutely no way that Congress would vote to unilaterally make major reductions in trade barriers. However, they might be more inclined to enter into free trade agreements with other countries (what you call "managed trade") if we had a president who was willing to negotiate reductions in OUR barriers for reductions in THEIR barriers.