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The US and EU have not been brought before the WTO on dumping charges because what they do is not dumping as currently defined. Yes, argicultural subsidies in the US and Europe artificially lower the prices of these goods and accomplish the same thing. I also have repeated argued in favor of removing these subsidies. I'm pro free market, remember? BTW, the biggest obstacle to removing argiculural subsidies are those in the US and Europe that oppose free trade, so your argument here is rather contradictory.

The only way I can think of to minimize the effect of corporate advertising is a more educated populace. I think you and I can agree that education is important.

When the environmental offenders is a corporation it is the responsibility of the country where the infraction occurred to take action against that corporation. If that country refuses, sanctions should be imposed upon the entire country.

Yes, I'm opposed to the green room process. Transparency has been a cornerstone of free market and capitalist theory since the days of Adam Smith. I see no reason why it shouldn't be implemented here as well.

I'm also in favor of eliminating corporate welfare. I'm pro free market, remember? Those that support subsidies for large corporations are anti-free market are largely responsible for the mess we are in. With rare exception, a corporate monopoly becomes a monopoly because of government interference in the market. The rare exception (Microsoft comes to mind) should be broken up in order to restore competitition to the market (competition being a key element in capitalist theory as well)