Grounds for complaint? Fair trade and the coffee crisis
by Brink Lindsey 2004
The fall in coffee prices has been caused by a 15% oversupply in coffee production. It is a market response to excessive production, rather than evidence of corporate wickedness. More efficient techniques and improved technology may cause prices to fall further. Those who advocate prop-up pricing schemes such as 'fair trade' may have the best of intentions, but they will probably encourage the less efficient producers to keep at it, maintaining the over-supply.
Adam Smith Institute

Myths and Realities: The False Crisis of Outsourcing
by Timothy Kane 2004
We all know that globalization destroys employment, pushes down wages and exports jobs to developing countries. There's only one snag: the opposite is true. Here's an excellent argumentary on the health of the US economy.
Heritage Foundation

Shining city on the hill? How members of the European Parliament have voted on free trade
by Fredrik Erixon, Niklas Rossbach 2004
This study presents the voting pattern of 384 MEPs from 8 Member States on divisions of free trade. Only 12 of the MEPs studied are free traders. Sweden has most free trader MEPs, and France the least. Only one MEP, Spain’s Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo (PPE-DE), has voted as a free trader in every division attended.
Timbro

Why America Needs to Support Free Trade
by Ana Isabel Eiras 2004
Heritage Foundation