LOS ANGELES — There is no such thing as “free” trade. In truth, the phrase “free trade” is an oxymoron.
Indeed, you’d have to be pretty naive to think that anything of any importance in life was ever going to be cost-free. As the cliched saying goes: There’s no such thing as a free lunch!
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