Ethical consumers and the brave new trade policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Because people care about production processes, it is a mistake to think that taking them into account violates free trade.
61% : Free trade cannot mean forcing a consumer to accept the replacement of one preferred product with a different one they consider inferior because of how it was produced.
56% : One answer is "externalities" -- free trade is not always efficient, so it should be made a bit less free in order to achieve greater efficiency.
54% : Traditionally, treating identical products differently has been seen as a sign of protectionism, to be justified with the exceptions allowed by international trade rules.
44% : Henig similarly suggests that legal refinements are possible to allow for a consideration of production methods while preventing protectionism.
42% : The other is that it takes for granted that there is a trade-off between free trade and these other considerations.
35% : Of course, there is a need to guard against protectionism -- arguments about production methods could be made in bad faith.

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