Posted on 10/06/2007 3:04:38 AM PDT by Man50D
The Bush administration, having been rebuffed on plans to advance a Free Trade of the Americas Act that would open a free trade market to the tip of South America, now is working on the expansion one nation at a time, according to critics.
The Bush administration is pushing Congress to pass a new "free trade" NAFTA-like agreement with Peru, amid growing opposition among Republican voters.
Leading the opposition in the House is presidential candidate Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
"While proponents of free trade will argue the importance of the Peru agreement, Congressman Hunter does not buy that this trade deal, like any other free trade agreement, is good for America," Joe Kasper, communications director for Hunter, told WND in an e-mail.
"Congressman Hunter does not subscribe to the concept of free trade, … especially when international trade agreements promoting this concept continue hurting America's workforce while unfairly favoring our trading partners," he said.
"It is because of these policies that our industrial base is deteriorating and quality jobs once available to Americans are now being shipped overseas," he stressed.
The Bush administration plan is to get the trade agreement with Peru through Congress first, followed by trade agreements the administration already has negotiated with Panama, Columbia and South Korea.
Of the four agreements, the Bush administration believes that the deal with Peru will raise the least opposition, paving the way for the other, more controversial, deals, officials said.
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Congress ping!
Nice, Si Habla.
Its hard to tell the difference between Hunter and Bernie Sanders.
Democrats believe in free trade with communist countries like Cuba.
Republicans believe in free trade at least with democratic countries like Peru.
Fuuny you left CHINA out of the equation.
Seems to me, the only folks who come out on the winning end of these *FREE*?? Trade Agreements are the multinationals. Of course, if one were heavily invested in these companies which, Joe sixpack isn’t, I could see the bias.
What about the Joe Sixpacks that work for the multinationals?
Are you areguing in favor of a free trade agreement with China?
Not Hardly!
Great. I don’t favor one, either.
With the way prices are increasing, even these souls will begin to be priced out of their livelihoods.
Make livlihoods, lifestyles.
“Leading the opposition in the House is presidential candidate Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
“While proponents of free trade will argue the importance of the Peru agreement, Congressman Hunter does not buy that this trade deal, like any other free trade agreement, is good for America,” Joe Kasper, communications director for Hunter, told WND in an e-mail.
“Congressman Hunter does not subscribe to the concept of free trade, … especially when international trade agreements promoting this concept continue hurting America’s workforce while unfairly favoring our trading partners,” he said.
“It is because of these policies that our industrial base is deteriorating and quality jobs once available to Americans are now being shipped overseas,” he stressed.”
Ben Ficklin:”Its hard to tell the difference between Hunter and Bernie Sanders.”
And Ben, that’s why people like you shouldn’t vote.
I found my love on Machu Picchu. >:-}
It is the self-annointed "true conservatives" such as yourself who threaten not to vote.
That is why your vote counts only half as much as mine.
Voting on CSPUN now.
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