Free Trade Under Fire As G8 Meets

csmonitor.com — The long trend toward open trade and global markets is under new stress as problems from food shortages to climate change test its staying power. The march toward economic globalization is not shifting into reverse gear, but it shows signs of deceleration as leaders of the developed world meet in Japan for their annual summit. They'll be focusing on issues of immediate concern, but their agenda also includes a more general problem: how to maintain expansion of global commerce, which has helped many countries reach new levels of prosperity but has costs as well as benefits for workers.

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