Re: E.U.-U.S.A. free trade in the works

1998-03-06 Thread valis
john gulick muses: > > >EU-US TRADE ZONE LAUNCHED [The Guardian] > > I'm wondering what to make of this. It's rather astonishing to me how quickly > the U.S. drops one or another scheme to expand markets for the export of > commodities and capital (FTAA, MAI) in the face of momentarily inoppor

Re: E.U.-U.S.A. free trade in the works

1998-03-06 Thread Sid Shniad
I don't think it quite accurate to say the US is dropping one scheme and proposing something else in the face of adversity. I think that the FTA spilled over into NAFTA, which is being used as a model for much of the MAI. In many ways, these are all parts of an amazingly coherent long term strateg

Re: E.U.-U.S.A. free trade in the works

1998-03-06 Thread john gulick
At 11:47 AM 3/6/98 -0800, The Guardian wrote: >EU-US TRADE ZONE LAUNCHED I'm wondering what to make of this. It's rather astonishing to me how quickly the U.S. drops one or another scheme to expand markets for the export of commodities and capital (FTAA, MAI) in the face of momentarily inopport

E.U.-U.S.A. free trade in the works

1998-03-06 Thread Sid Shniad
The GuardianMarch 4, 1998 EU-US TRADE ZONE LAUNCHED Asian crisis spurs plan for transatlantic common market pounds 60 billion benefits of lifting barriers Ambitious proposals that could revolutionise trade relations between the United Sta