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By to thinking

May 22, 2008 12:13 AM | Link to this

We cannot bring medicines from Canada and Mexico because of the strong control from the health industry and insurance companies. They have a strong say at Washington DC through Lobbying and Finan$ial contribution$.

By tom

May 16, 2008 7:42 AM | Link to this

Mr. DeBrosse: It is refreshing to see someone write an intelligent article on free trade. All of the NAFTA bashing going on has tainted the real story of free trade. Ohio is a huge free trade beneficiary. The jobs that have been lost in Ohio are due to excessive production costs resulting in a lack of competitiveness and replacement by industrial robots. We need to export more and more! Regarding imports, some of those imports go into producing products that we otherwise could not do.

By karon

May 15, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this

United States is third world when it comes to transportation. As a nation we cannot compete in a global market, without our cities being vital and only having cars and highways for communte. Please support Passenger rail for surburb city connect ,and streetcars for the cities and high speed passenger trains for city to city connections!

By Bake

May 15, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this

The article says “Each family has benefitted from an additional $1,300 to $2,000 annually from NAFTA alone, he said.”. Well I’m still waiting for my share, T. James Min must have gotten mine!

By Mariaaa!!!

May 15, 2008 8:36 PM | Link to this

You don’t spend over 200 years building up a national economy, then jerk the rug out from under it, and expect everything to be OK.

By Mariaaa!!!

May 15, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

It’s easy for Mr. Min to say NAFTA is a good thing. As DHL’s vice president of international trade affairs and compliance, he hardly has to worry about the price of a loaf of bread or wonder if his job is going to be outsourced to a foreign country or worry about healthcare coverage. And even if that did happen, financially, he’s probably set for life. Free trade might be good for some, but right now it stinks for many.

By Mariaaa!!!

May 15, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

Perhaps the export figures do look really good, but what’s the overall picture? Do other figures tell the same story? Would we be better off with things as they were before NAFTA/free trade/world economy or is now better? What’s the comparison like? Of course, Mr. Min has a vested interest in painting a pretty export picture. DHL would love to see that export figure increase. They love shipping all those products overseas. “The facts are clear — free trade is good for DHL.”

By Old Scratch

May 15, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this

Free trade is good for what Bush Sr. called “the investor class”. If you are rich you can live well in your gated communities and spout stuff like that. If not the good news is you can buy cheap T-Shirts. The bad news is you lost your job. NAFTA sure paid off for Bill Clinton. Racing stupidly into the third world thanks to free trade.

By Lean Thinking

May 15, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this

Free Trade? We have fair trade? Why can’t us citizens buy quality prescription drugs from Canada or Mexico while our leaders allow China to bring in contaminated and deadly drugs? It appears we always get the short end of the stick on the fait trade deals. When we try to export our products they are put under the microscope as if they try to find ways to reject them. Yet China dumps toys with lead paint, the drug Heparin with a cheaper and deadly substitute in it, and they even poison our dogs. Fair Trade?

Yeah right Comrade!

By painfultruth

May 15, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

Before anyone says free trade stinks, take a look at the record dollar exports from the US to other countries.