Gloria Steinem, the feminist writer and activist who died Wednesday at 92, was also a critic of the free-trade order taking shape in the 1990s, joining conservative Pat Buchanan and consumer advocate Ralph Nader in opposition to the trade agreement that created the World Trade Organization.
\n\nIn August 1994, Steinem was among more than 130 prominent Americans who signed a letter urging President Bill Clinton to postpone congressional consideration of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT. The agreement, negotiated among more than 100 countries, would lower trade barriers and establish the WTO with new powers to enforce international trade rules.
\n\nThe unusual coalition included Nader, Steinem, Noam Chomsky and former California Gov. Jerry Brown on the left, alongside Buchanan, Phyllis Schlafly, Paul Weyrich, and Richard Viguerie on the right. Other conservative stalwarts signing the letter included Reagan adviser Lyn Nofziger, Ross Perot running mate Pat Choate, and American Spectator editor R. Emmet Tyrrell Jr.
\n\nThe group warned Clinton against a “rush to judgment” on the sweeping agreement and its implementing legislation. Contemporary reports described opposition to the accord as including concerns that WTO rules could allow foreign governments to challenge U.S. health, environmental…
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