We conservatives who are not in favor of multi-lateral "trade agreements such as NAFTA, CAFTA, and FTAA, see these treaties as very real threats to our national sovreignty. We see them as not so much about trade per se, but rather control over the people and resources of the signatories. Furthermore, such trading blocs become socialist mulit-national governments.
As for the communist dictators in Central and South America who have voiced their objections, I think they object primarily because it tends to strip power from the leaders themselves. If fully implimented, these "trade" agreements would start dictating terms to those leaders who now enjoy almost complete power.
How do they threaten our sovereignty?
I think they object primarily because it tends to strip power from the leaders themselves.
Hmmmm....they make it harder for foreign leaders to impose tariffs (how many Communist dictators are there in Central and South America?) and they make it harder for American leaders to impose tariffs. Now why is reducing governmental power to tax anti-Conservative?
If fully implimented, these "trade" agreements would start dictating terms to those leaders who now enjoy almost complete power.
I suspect the leaders with complete power, like Chavez, are not interested in trade agreements with the US.