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To: LibertarianInExile

Sorry, my mistake. Most industrial sectors of Western Europe trade fairly with us but only because their business environment is as uncompetitive as we are. If we are ever allowed to enter a Fair Trade agreement with Columbia I think they would trade fairly. Although Latin America does nor care for we gringos up North, they have traded fairly and there is a decent balance of trade with them.


85 posted on 05/31/2011 8:44:27 PM PDT by chuckee ( gives too much credence to the UK's)
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To: chuckee

The problem is that as long as either side of a trade agreement has warped, excessive environmental or labor laws in comparison to the other signatory, the agreement isn’t really fair. NAFTA and European agreements aren’t really fair in the sense that we whip Europe’s butt when it comes to economic freedom and envirolaws, while Mexico has laughable regulation on both compared to us. From a pragmatic standpoint, the only truly free trade we have in this world is intra-state. That’s why Mexico is still bitchin’ about us denying their truckers the right to traipse across our landscape leaving a trail of retreads behind them. 8^)


88 posted on 05/31/2011 8:50:25 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (When Republicans don't vote conservative, conservatives don't vote Republican.)
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