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CAFTA
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What is a "free trade deal", in your book? I keep asking you to explain what CAFTA actually does, and you just say that business likes it, so it must be good.
Here's a free-trade supporter explaining why he voted against CAFTA:
[list]CAFTA Is A Step Backward For U.S. Trade
1) I already explained before that it will immediately reduce by eighty percent, the tariffs on goods already being traded and will pretty much eliminate all tariffs in the next twenty years. That is what free trade is all about.
2) You were shocked before when I said I couldn't see a reason why business would support the deal if it was not a free trade agreement. You said you would provide one and never did. I am still waiting for that reason (like I said before, who has the most to gain from free trade - american business. So if it really wasn't a free trade deal it would be in the pecuniary interest to support it).
3) That article you cited only talks about labour standards. There I thought it was going to be about free trade but it was not. You said before that it really did not increase free trade. It reduces almost all the tariffs.
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