  A ${\cal G}_{\cal F}=SU(3)_{Q}\times SU(3)_{u}\times SU(3)_{d}$ invariant
scalar potential breaking spontaneously the quark flavor symmetry can explain
the standard model flavor puzzle. The approximate alignment in flavor space of
the vacuum expectation values of the up and down ``Yukawa fields'' is explained
as a dynamical effect, and the observed quark mixing angles, the weak CP
violating phase, and hierarchical quark masses can be reproduced without
introducing hierarchical parameters.
