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To: Iron Munro
"Is there anyone left in the country, other than politicians, who still think free trade agreements create jobs in America?"

Anyone who looks at the data does. Here's some: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/mexico/balance-of-trade

For the last several years, Mexico, for instance, has imported more goods and services (Measured in US dollars) than it has exported. (Their trade balance swung into positive territory just this year because of oil prices.) This means that during the last several years, more jobs were created in the US due to the free trade agreement with Mexico than were created in the US.

19 posted on 08/14/2011 5:16:40 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: norwaypinesavage

That’s one part of a larger story.

The net imports vs exports show that year after year the US is the big loser in jobs.

And a great part of our exports are agricultural products which are not big jobs creators.


23 posted on 08/14/2011 7:37:27 AM PDT by Iron Munro (One Trillion seconds = 31,709.79 YEARS / One Trillion dollars = Obama's spending for 3 months)
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