FREE TRADE DESERVES A FAST TRACK
1.Ross Perot's description of the giant sucking sound- of hobs being lost to Mexico from the North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) was one of most memorable phrases of the 1992 Presidential n- but it turned out to election be wrong There was no sucking sound, and only a few American jobs were lost. Indeed, NAFTA succeeded in a key goal prornoting trade between an the US. And the renvoval of barriers boosted trade in both direcuons, so that US uade with Mexico is far betler balanced than itis with other trading partners. The US trade deficit with Mexico is 10% of total trade between the two(exports p imports). For Japan the figure is 38% and for China it's 72%
2.NAFTA has also helped the us. economy in a more subtle way that hasn't been as widely appreciated with or without NAFTA, low-skilled jobs would have left the US. NAFTA helped direct many of those jobs to Mexico instead of 3ny. China By keeping those jobs close to home, NAFTA encouraged production sharing-the swapping of parts back and forth across the border in ways that take advantage of each country's strengths. Plastic molding operations in El Paso, for example, make parts that are shipped to Mexico for others to assemble. If those assembly jobs had gone to China, it's likely that the molding jobs would have gone with them rather than remaining in the U.S.
3.NAFTA continues to have its critics. Some of the maquiladoras-the assem bly plants on the Mexican side of the border-are deservedly denounced for poor working conditions and a troubling environmental record. And on lune 26, 2001, the House of Representatives passed a bill restricting Mexican trucking in the U.S. an indication that NAFTA remains politically unpopular among many Americans. But for workers coming from impoverished Mexican villages, the maquiladoras represent an opportunity to earn a far better living.
4.A bill to give the President greater authority to negotiate trade agreements- so-called fast-track authority was recently reintroduced in Congress, after being defeated during the Clinton Administration. Congress should give the President that authority and encourage him to use it Congress and the Administration need to continue America's longstanding commitment to free trade.
FREE TRADE DESERVES A FAST TRACK 1.Ross Perot's description of the giant sucking sound- of hobs being lost to Mexico from the North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) was one of most memorable phrases of the 1992 Presidential n- but it turned out to election be wrong There was no sucking sound, and only a few American jobs were lost. Indeed, NAFTA succeeded in a key goal prornoting trade between an the US. And the renvoval of barriers boosted trade in both direcuons, so that US uade with Mexico is far betler balanced than itis with other trading partners. The US trade deficit with Mexico is 10% of total trade between the two(exports p imports). For Japan the figure is 38% and for China it's 72% 2.NAFTA has also helped the us. economy in a more subtle way that hasn't been as widely appreciated with or without NAFTA, low-skilled jobs would have left the US. NAFTA helped direct many of those jobs to Mexico instead of 3ny. China By keeping those jobs close to home, NAFTA encouraged production sharing-the swapping of parts back and forth across the border in ways that take advantage of each country's strengths. Plastic molding operations in El Paso, for example, make parts that are shipped to Mexico for others to assemble. If those assembly jobs had gone to China, it's likely that the molding jobs would have gone with them rather than remaining in the U.S. 3.NAFTA continues to have its critics. Some of the maquiladoras-the assem bly plants on the Mexican side of the border-are deservedly denounced for poor working conditions and a troubling environmental record. And on lune 26, 2001, the House of Representatives passed a bill restricting Mexican trucking in the U.S. an indication that NAFTA remains politically unpopular among many Americans. But for workers coming from impoverished Mexican villages, the maquiladoras represent an opportunity to earn a far better living. 4.A bill to give the President greater authority to negotiate trade agreements- so-called fast-track authority was recently reintroduced in Congress, after being defeated during the Clinton Administration. Congress should give the President that authority and encourage him to use it Congress and the Administration need to continue America's longstanding commitment to free trade.
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