In general, agreements like this seem to be a threat to classical liberalism. Perhaps this is a simplified view but integration is a 7-stage process that ends

In general, agreements like this seem to be a threat to classical liberalism. Perhaps this is a simplified view but integration is a 7-stage process that ends with supranational organizations and political unions. Or to be specific, an eventual global government rooted more in EU-style bureaucracy rather than (in theory) American-style classical liberalism. MEP Daniel Hannan elucidated this nicely in a speech regarding the Treaty of Lisbon- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SsAmAgn_i8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SsAmAgn_i8 Details on the 7 stages and lists of these agreements from the first 2 stages- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_integration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_integration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bilateral_free_trade_agreements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bilateral_free_trade_a... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multilateral_free_trade_agreements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multilateral_free_trad...