The European approach was used several times as an example of "how to do it right." One example was Portugal, with a poor economy that has been subsidized by the rest of the E.U. Also mentioned was the freedom of labor mobility between countries in the E.U. In contrast, NAFTA allows the movement of capital but prevents labor from moving, which causes the illegal immigration problems.

So the bottom line was that globalization itself is good, but you have to do it right--like the Europeans. That's the message from the left in the U.S.