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Asian reverberations: FTAA and the global (dis)order
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Asian Reverberations: FTAA and the Global (Dis) Order
Joseph Gerson is Program Director at AFSC/New England.
Physics teaches us that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. But in the case of NAFTA and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, the responses have been multiple. One response is renewed interest and diplomacy related to the creation of an East Asian trade zone. There were similar dynamics in the 1930s when, in the midst of the depression, the Smoot-Hawley and other tariff barriers were raised to keep foreign goods out of the US in a desperate effort to ...
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
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