Peru's President Lays Bare the Big Lie at the Center of U.S. Trade Policy, 1-08-08
Peru's President Lays Bare the Big Lie at the Center of U.S. Trade Policy
How depressing, but not surprising, that the most honest and useful statement made about U.S. trade policy this year has come from a foreign leader. Americans owe Peruvian President Alan Garcia a big “Thank you” for making crystal clear that even trade agreements with small countries like his are all about exporting American factories and jobs, not U.S. goods and services.
Garcia revealed that, in spite of globalization supporters’ promises to the contrary to Congress prior to each trade vote, the new trade deal between his country and the United States has nothing to do with increasing export opportunities for U.S. domestic producers and their workers, and everything to do with encouraging more offshoring of domestic production and jobs.
Read entire article, December 30, 2007
How depressing, but not surprising, that the most honest and useful statement made about U.S. trade policy this year has come from a foreign leader. Americans owe Peruvian President Alan Garcia a big “Thank you” for making crystal clear that even trade agreements with small countries like his are all about exporting American factories and jobs, not U.S. goods and services.
Garcia revealed that, in spite of globalization supporters’ promises to the contrary to Congress prior to each trade vote, the new trade deal between his country and the United States has nothing to do with increasing export opportunities for U.S. domestic producers and their workers, and everything to do with encouraging more offshoring of domestic production and jobs.
Read entire article, December 30, 2007
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