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[Economist's View] Free-Trade Ain't What It Used to Be, by Dean Baker: USA Today had a greatstory about President Bush's visit to a Harley-Davidson factor in York, Pennsylvania to tout the merits of "free-trade." The reason why the story was so great is that the plant is in fact a testament to the effective use of protectionist policies to sustain a favored industry.

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