An encore on nudism and WTO negotiations

The worst part of free-trade agreements might be the negotiation of free-trade agreements. I am not at all recommending nudist camps—after all I am the father of three girls—but, if you really have to speak out in their favor, you do so in the understanding that all those who are present in the camp find nudity perfectly normal. But what if those who were to approve entrance to the nudist camp derived special enjoyment from playing strip-poker? That would certainly go against the spirit of it all. In this same vein, I believe that many of the negotiators of trade agreements do not themselves believe in free trade but are taking a perverse satisfaction from the negotiating process. I refer especially to those from the developed world who are especially good at poker and have much more clothes on to start out with. The spirit of free trade does not stand a chance against these saboteurs.