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In order for Brazil to sign the FTAA, they are demanding that the US create a program to end global hunger, and also to give free US taxpayer dollars to that country for "infrastructure development". That is not "free trade".

In order for Venezuela to sign the FTAA they are demanding tht the US create a program of redistribution of US taxpayer dollars called "structural convergence". Than is not "free trade" but our salivating little trade minister will give any concession in order to make the FTAA happen.

In order for Mexico to sign the FTAA the US must allow open migration of Mexican nationals, social security for illegal immigrants and lower fees for sending remittances outside of the country. The president just met with Vicente Fox this weekend and agreed to all their "conditions" on "free trade".

The idea of "infrastructure development" evolved directly from the WTO who says "rich" countries must pay to bring teh standard of living of "poor" countries, or "least developed countries" like china, up. That is not "free trade".

In fact, there is no "free trade" only managed trade by the global socialists who run the WTO and the UN.

In fact, there is no "free trade" only managed trade by the global socialists who run the WTO and the UN.

Who is arguing in favor of welfare payments, abroad or otherwise? Free trade is about removing barriers to trade, and not imposing new ones. It's wrong to argue against free trade because politicians tie socialism to it in treaties. Don't toss out the baby with the bathwater.

If you say the WTO is socialist or that the FTAA is socialists, then explain WHY ALL SOCIALISTS IN BRAZIL, ETC. CALL THE WTO AND NAFTA AND FTAA CAPITALIST PLOTS? Why do they decry them as tools of the US? Why do they consider them a threat to their socialist states? And why does the US still use them? Because they're good for capitalism and by extension, they're good for the USA

Free trade is the absence of trade barriers among countries. Whether or not the U.S. spends money on hunger or development programs has nothing to do with free trade: We don't have free trade now; and, as I recall, we're doling out some $15 billion for AIDS in Africa.