Bush urges congress to pass free trade pact
pres. bush is hoping congress will listen to his plan for a free trade pact with colombia. problems arise when the colombian regimes record on human rights and ties to right-wing paramilitary groups come into question. congress also has questions as to whether this will hurt use economic interests. bush believes this pact will help build democracies in south america and help fight the war on drugs.
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I think Congress should give the Free-Trade deal a chance. It would be a shot at improving there economy and making things better for them. This will intersting though, because there will have to be some compromises that go on because Congress does not support this yet.
hmm free trade with colombia would help a war on drugs..im confused...have i missed something
It is fitting that Bush makes the most concerted effort to get Congress to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia when he is on the outs anyway. At this point, his approval rating does not matter to him beyond avoiding impeachment, and perhaps at certain moments when he feels misunderstood in the world. Besides the narcotics cartel and the paramilitant trampling of unions, Colombia has little that the U.S. could want, other than coffee. Unless a secret store of oil has been found there???
Anyway, Congress’ median preference should be to vote against any free trade agreement with Colombia, with the most significant factor being potential for job loss. Not only do most constituents not want their jobs outsourced or their companies to lose profits from international competition (putting their low-rank jobs at risk), MCs want to protect the performance of the companies in which they collectively hold hundreds of millions of dollars. Bush is going to have to offer some huge kickbacks to MCs if he has any expectation of this going through.
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