Australia's free trade agreements - just a moron

Peter Martin reports - here.

"A year-long investigation of Australia's free trade agreements has found they are often nothing of the kind.

The Productivity Commission has told the Gillard government there is little evidence to suggest Australia's six free trade agreements have produced "substantial commercial benefits".

Some may have actually reduced trade by introducing complex rules that make it difficult for Australia to sell goods made with products imported from countries not party to the agreements".

So as usual the people are shafted - while the politicians have long retired with their gold passes.

Australia's free trade agreements are just another crock of sh*t imposed on the nation by lazy, incompetent and thick politicians.