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The good ship Brexit’s mission of free trade and empire

It looks like we are heading for a Brexit that promotes multinational corporate interests over all.

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Image: Theresa May dancing during her visit to Kenya this summer. Stefan Rousseau/PA Images, all rights reserved.

‘Free trade’ is really just the name given to the ideology that justifies global power imbalances.

“If we’re talking about trade deals, we’re not talking about people's interests, not talking about people’s lives – they’re only talking about the interests of the multinational corporations in order to facilitate their business activities, especially in developing countries.”