The Colombia Free Trade Agreement will finally go into effect today. It was negotiated by Pres Bush and delayed by the Dems and Pres BO.
The CFTA was always about jobs. It was about expanding commerce and creating jobs in both countries.
It was such a good idea that the Dems opposed it to pander to the unions.
IBD has a good outline of some of the more obvious benefits from the CFTA:
"With the U.S.-Colombia free trade pact going into force Tuesday, the
U.S. stands to gain $1.1 billion in new sales to Colombia, meaning
plenty of demand for Long Beach. In anticipation, U.S. trade with
Colombia increased 19% last year alone.
And ports like Charleston, Miami, Houston and New Orleans may reap even bigger benefits. That means jobs — lots of them.
The U.S.-Colombia deal took six years to pass and the news "narrative" was all about how free trade somehow costs jobs."
Of course, the narrative about costing jobs was wrong.
We say hello to Colombia and look forward to a prosperous and very long economic relationship between the two countries.
Colombia is a developing country and a wonderful ally in South America. Colombia should also be congratulated for standing up to the cartels. We salute Pres Uribe and the Colombia military for defending their country.
By the way, will Pres BO now say that Pres Bush was right about The CFTA?
I don't know if Pres BO will recognize Pres Bush's visionary attitude about trade with Latin America. Nevertheless, it's worth remembering that it was Pres Bush who fought to expand commercial relations with Latin America.
Here is a little video, in case you forgot:
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