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The side effects of free trade. (International Affairs Section).
For trade pacts like NAFTA, the labor market and pricing issues seemed obvious from the start. Some American jobs would move across borders, and the overall price of the "labor content" of products would decline. The negative consequences to American labor would hopefully be offset by expanding markets in foreign lands, as these countries benefited from higher employment and wages. For some industries, there was the added benefit of actually retaining American jobs. That is, the ability to keep manufacturing in this hemisphere provided customers for American suppliers who might otherwise have been eliminated by Far Eastern verticality. Consider, for example, apparel being ...
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...on Congress to pass pending free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia...remarks focus on how the three free trade agreements with Latin American countries will help lift their...the Western hemisphere. * Free trade agreements are benefiting the...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 6, 2003 700+ words
...Washington's proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas...slim, a long-time Latin American observer said Wednesday...will be called the Free Trade Area of the Americas...officially ended, a dozen Latin American presidents have visited...
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- Magazine article from: Supply Chain Management Review Ernst, Ricardo July 1, 2004 700+ words
...all 34 countries participating in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to reach...and the supply chain are managed in Latin American companies. Most of the analyses done...management are organized and executed at Latin American companies. We received 184 questionnaires...
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- Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine Palmberg, Elizabeth July 1, 2003 700+ words
...The contention that "free trade" agreements and institutions...proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement, modeled...this year, and the Free Trade Area of the Americas...organized by the Latin American Council of Churches...
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- Magazine article from: Nonwovens Industry Roberts, Barry March 1, 1992 700+ words
...but many obstacles to overcome; the Latin American market has many players in developing...when it opened its doors to limited free trade throughout the world. This has brought...America. For all of these countries "Free Trade" has been and will continue to be a...
- BUSH STAUNCH ON FREE TRADE.(Latin American free trade policies)(Government...
- Magazine article from: WWD March 25, 2002 700+ words
...reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to forging free trade policies in Latin America, after a meeting...Preference Act and expand it to include duty-free trade breaks for apparel. A bill has passed...Bush has said he wants to pursue a free trade agreement with Central America in advance...
- ChevronTexaco Chairman & CEO David O'Reilly Addresses The Council of the...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 29, 2003 700+ words
...policy makers and Latin American leaders to support free trade. Speaking to government...s support for free trade agreements and...importance to the Latin American energy industry...ChevronTexaco supports free trade agreements and...
- U.S., Latin American leaders disagree over free trade timetable.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hutcheson, Ron Hayward, Susana January 13, 2004 700+ words
...agreed Tuesday to support free trade throughout the hemisphere...among others, want Latin American nations to reach trade...negotiating the hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americas...growing resistance to free trade, especially among new...
