Andean Open Market

thur says on Dec 4, 2005, 12:11:

Not the same. The Southern countries (and now Venezuela joined already?) have MercoSur, there is an Andean Pact and up North there is NAFTA. Now the US wants to create a free trade zone with the Andean counries: AFTA. In Spanish, the negotiations are abbreviatde as TLC (Tratado de Libre Comercio).
AFTA: Andean countries with the US.
Andean Pact: Andean countries themselfs.
NAFTA: US, Canada, Mexico.
CAFTA: US with Central America.
Greetings,

-free trade: well... let's say US wants free trade of their industrial goods, but still wants to protect their agriculture sector, the negotiations are difficult-

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cali373 says on Dec 12, 2005, 12:22:

I also need to add that European and more in the U.S. agricultural subsidies, undermines the true sense of free trade.

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Sr Tertius says on Dec 12, 2005, 18:58:

Subsidies are a red herring: Labor is the real deal. Even keeping subsidies in place, "free trade" relations would be truly balanced if the barriers being lowered did not exclude labor. With those barriers in place, there is nothing "free" about such trade.

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