Contrary to G-20 Goals, the United States is Working to Increase Trade Barriers

A NYT article on the G-20 summit describes the goal of such meetings:

"World leaders would work together to remove the roadblocks to economic progress, including corruption, trade restrictions and regulations that discourage hiring and firing."

Actually the United States has been working hard in international negotiations to increase barriers to trade in the form of patent and copyright protection. These barriers can raise prices of drugs and other products by several thousand percent above t...