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Will There Be A Free Trade Area Of The Americas (Ftaa) By The Year 2005?, Tara Mccaffrey
Will There Be A Free Trade Area Of The Americas (Ftaa) By The Year 2005?, Tara Mccaffrey
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Last December's Summit of the Americas consolidated the new convergence of values between the U.S. and Latin Americas and set out an ambitious action plan. The commitment to negotiate a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by the year 2005 was not only because it will bring its participants higher economic growth, but also because it symbolizes the common philosophy of the hemisphere -- of free trade enterprise, competition, and efficiency; of decision making by markets not governments; of growth and opportunity, rather than centralized government planning. It is also the philosophy which most powerfully supports the profound democratic …