Saturday in Argentina marked the end of the two-day FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) summit. The summit ended with the leaders of 34 nations unable to agree on when to restart talks that will create a trade zone from Alaska to Chile.
While supporters for the “free” trade zone think it will create more jobs for Latin Americans and open up new markets in the US, the proponents of the FTAA think that it will only serve enslave Latin Americans.
While the leaders of the 38 countries sat at their summit and argued over the pros and cons of the FTAA, I know exactly what this “free trade zone” is for. What the supporters of the FTAA don’t tell you is that it will create a huge amount of profit for the corporations that will benefit from the expansion of markets and creation of jobs. The proponents don’t tell you that even though the FTAA might enslave Latin American workers, it is only through the expansion and growth of capitalism that this can happen, and that this enslavement is only bringing their workers to an equal par with everyone else.
Oh, and by the way, even though it is called a “free” trade zone, don’t count on that to have much meaning for workers in any country when it comes to acquiring the goods created through the FTAA’s creation of jobs or expansion of markets.
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