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Congress approves Singapore and Chile Free Trade Agreements.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)

The New American

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In his June 30th article, "Trading Away Jobs and Liberty," this magazine's William F. Jasper warned that the Singapore and Chile Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are only the first in a series of FTAs being negotiated by the Bush administration. Next in the pipeline are bilateral FTAs with Morocco and Australia, as well as two regional FTAs, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and the South Africa Customs Union Free Trade Agreement. Then there is the biggest of the regional FTAs, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), involving the entire Western Hemisphere and scheduled for completion by 2005.

Congress speedily approved the Singapore and Chile FTAs by large margins in July. Though Congress is allowed 90 days to consider trade agreements under the ...

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