They affect relative bargaining power, with important implications for inequality, a growing problem around the world. The question is whether we should allow rich corporations to use provisions hidden in so-called trade agreements to dictate how we will live in the twenty-first century.
规则和监管决定了人们生活在何种经济和社会。它们影响相对议价力，对日益严重的全球性问题——不平等形成重要影响。问题在于我们是否应该允许财大气粗的公司用隐藏于所谓的贸易协定中的条款决定我们在二十一世纪中的生活。我希望美国、欧洲和太平洋地区的公民果断地说“不”。