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It IS anti-american.

The point of posting this, is that our federal government is already doing everything he suggests.

But the leaders of the European Union wisely created policies for fostering regional economic and political integration

An historic agreement signed by Peter Watson, OPIC President and CEO, and Fernando Canales, Secretary of the Economy. Said agreement will now extend loans of up to $250 million per project to American businesses investing in Mexico.

The US Trade and Development Agency pledged its support for P4P by announcing its intent to provide $1.38 million of assistance through three separate activities in the region:

1) USTDA signed an MOU with Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares for the expansion and modernization of the Cuidad Obregon International Airport in Sonora, Mexico,

2) USTDA announced plans to award a grant to Mexico’s Secretariat for Communications and Transportation for technical assistance and capacity building, and

3) USTDA awarded a technical assistance contract to support competition policy in Mexico and strengthen the institutional capacity of Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission.

The US Small Business Administration plans to sign an MOU with several Mexican government agencies, intended to formalize cross-border cooperation in aiding small exporters. The Ministry of Economy has launched the Program for the Development of the Software Industry (PROSOFT) as Mexico is aggressively seeking to develop its software and related services industry. Mexico is aiming to compete with India, Russia, China and others for outsourced projects from US companies. Mexico counts on its close proximity to the US and its growing number of students specializing in Information Technology to achieve this goal.

So for starters it gave the new states massive subsidies – billions of dollars – to help construct schools, roads, telecommunications and housing, making these nations more attractive for business investment

The Partnership for Prosperity is a joint effort led by the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury, and the Mexican Ministries of Foreign Relations and Finance. It draws upon creative analysis and ideas of U.S. and Mexican economists, business and community leaders, and development experts. Last December, representatives of this group met for the first time in Merida, Yucatan, for a brainstorming session. They agreed to craft a working program that will promote infrastructure development at the border and beyond, including transportation and telecommunications projects; investment in human resources basic education and worker training programs; guaranteeing the rule of law at the state and local level; an active promotion of trade and investment opportunities by state authorities and; dynamic participation by the private and academic sectors in industrial research and development.

http://www.maquilaportal.com/editorial/editorial180.htm

Now, I'd like to add that it isn't the purpose of our government to spend our tax money in FOREIGN COUNTRIES so that they are attractive for businesses to invest there. And yet, under "free trade" agreements, this is EXACTLY what our government is doing.

Now if you don't like the author's political views, you'd better sit down. Because our government is being run by people like him, our white house and congress are populated by people like him. So maybe its better to read what he as to say, so the American people can know what they are dealing with.