Unilateral trade liberalization

This guy is an incredible blogger. He has 6 blogs, 3 on politics and economics and 3 non-political (farming, travel, and rotary). And he’s from Manila. He gives me here another good argument for a country to liberalize unilaterally. Here’s my favourite part:

“One wonders how much money have been paid by taxpayers from the countries concerned, first to pay for the salaries, travels, and perks of their country trade negotiators, including their pool of consultants and secretariat support, in all those years”.