Harry Pollard wrote: > Some $431 million worth of US pork went to hungry Mexicans in > 2004. That's 3.5 times the pre-NAFTA amount. During the same time > 7 times as much pork went to Canada. > > Poultry exports to Mexico rose 61.5% during the same period. > > Sales of U.S. corn to Mexico increased 175 percent (and fifteen > times as much to Canada). > > Mexico chose to corn imports under NAFTA in order to provide > lower cost food to its increasingly urban population and to > ensure sufficient animal feed.
If NAFTA so greatly improves things in Mexico, then why does it _increase_ poverty migration from Mexico to the U$ ? And why is South America strongly opposed to FTAA ? > But, remember, these anti-NAFTA pieces stem from people who were > more privileged before NAFTA - but must now give a better deal to > American consumers because of competition. Those "better deals because of competition" can be seen in the EU, where after the umpteenth toxic food scandal, even the minister had to warn the public that price dumping is a health hazard and for their safety they should stop hunting for the lowest price. Stores have to cut corners too hard due to competition, resulting in moldy meat etc. being sold. Also, due to EU Free Trade, Germany has to allow toxic food additives (colorants etc.) that are outlawed in Switzerland. In Free Trade, consumers are free to be poisoned for profit. And the EU Supreme Court ruled that breathable air is a trade barrier, so the choking Austrian Alpine transit regions are not allowed to introduce limits on the numbers and pollution of passing EU lorries. Catalytic converters are mandatory in Switzerland since the 80s, but not in the EU, so Northern Italy (and Southern Switzerland) is choking in smog because only about half of Italy's cars have catalytic converters. Better deals to consumers, obviously. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
