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10 fallacies and rebuttals: mistaken ideas about the so-called Free Trade Area of the Americas abound. The faulty reasoning behind 10 very common misconceptions is exposed herein.(FTAA)(Cover Story)
1 NAFTA was a raging success; the FTAA will simply be more of a good thing. The facts tell a different story. "NAFTA has displaced American workers and devastated entire towns," noted the Christian Science Monitor in a 10th anniversary assessment of the trade pact's impact. "[Its effects are] evident from the job-training centers in southern Texas to the 'NAFTA ghost towns' of North Carolina, with their shuttered textile plants."
Defenders of NAFTA point out that U.S. exports to Mexico and Canada have increased since enactment of the agreement. But our trade deficit with them has grown even more--from $16.6 billion in 1993 to $62.8 billion in 2000, and it keeps ...
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