In: Economics
---> according to Ralph Nader, An unprecedented corporate power grab or Multinational companies are underway in global negotiations over international trade. Operating under the deceptive banner of free trade, multinational corporations are working hard to expand their control over the international economy and undo vital health, safety, and environmental protections won by citizens’ movements across the globe in recent decades.
---> For him, the Fortune 200’s GATT and NAFTA agenda would make the air you breathe dirtier and the water you drink more polluted. It would cost jobs, depress wage levels, and make workplaces less safe. It would destroy family farms and undermine consumer protections such as those ensuring that the food you eat is not compromised by unsanitary conditions or higher levels of pesticides and preservatives.
---> So to him, international trade or NAFTA or any other international agreements like WTO agreements all are promoted or mooted by some motivated international coporates.