Will the Washington Post Ever Learn Trade Theory?

The lead editorial in the Post tells us that they very upset that Congress has not approved the trade deals negotiated with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. The Post of course wrongly refers to them as "free-trade" deals. This is inaccurate since they do little or nothing to reduce the trade barriers that protect highly educated professionals (e.g. doctors and lawyers) and actually increase protection in many areas (e.g. patents and copyrights).

The Post also is more than a little off-base ...