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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.

  • July 22, 2008 8:02 AM

    Report: America's "Free" Trade Policies Harming Rural Latin America

    From Tufts University's Global Development and Environment Institute:

    "Agricultural trade liberalization has largely failed to bring lasting benefit to rural areas in Latin America, where small-holder agriculture remains a key economic activity says a new report...Trade liberalization has provided a few countries in Latin America with unprecedented export opportunities, say authors Mamerto Pérez, Sergio Schlesinger and Timothy A. Wise in their report "The Promise and Perils of Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Lessons from the Americas," but it has not generated broad-based development and has caused long-term harm to small producers and consumers."

    Remember this report the next time you hear Tom Friedman or Fareed Zakaria tell us they support "free" trade policies because they want to help poor rural farmers in the developing world.

    Posted by David Sirota
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