[Sonny M]

That's because it has a lot of exceptions for American industries and CA industries.

I can understand that, but at 2,600 pages, this "thing" is not a free trade agreement, its some kind of entity that deals with trade, in some places, and protectionism in others, but a "free trade agreement" it is not, not by the definitions used by either free traders or protectionists.

I will be the first to admit, I have not read the agreement, but I would like to see any kind of future agreement, to be limited in size, simple in design, easy to understand for parties affected (either helped or hindered), and brief.

The kind of agreement, that does not require one to hire a lawyer to evaluate so it can be grasped, and where the reader or affected parties can draw their own conclusions to see if the agreement if beneficial or harmful to them.

[hedgetrimmer]

I can understand that, but at 2,600 pages, this "thing" is not a free trade agreement

You're right. Its a document that authorizes the transformation of national governments into mere subregional entities that report to hemispheric "civil society" where the citizen is nothing and business interests and NGOs are consultants to government.

It is a document that authorizes the creating of "working groups" who develop "initiatives" that governments must follow to adhere to the trade agreement. The "initiatives" will eliminate borders and integrate, in the case of NAFTA, CAFTA and the FTAA, all the countries of the western hemisphere into one bloc.