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I actually think both reports are quite mutually inclusive aspects of Chinese state-capitalist foreign policy. On the one hand, Fred's report shows a very accurate accounting of general investment policies in developing countries which are based not on WTO standards of free trade but on bilateral trade agreements with strong development infastructure projects with no immediate or even intermediate Imperialist extraction of surplus value and has long term value-added industrial potential for the country in question and on the other hand: an increase in exploitation, lowering of labor standards, destruction of labor organizations, etc. The question, unanswered: are these macro-development agreements based on specific exemptions from existing labor codes and prevailing wage or...are they simply re-enforcing existing *lack* of standards in these countries?... do the Chinese actively suppress or *require* as a condition for these agreements the suppression of workers organizations? DW ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
