U.S. official praises NAFTA, promotes pending trade deals

[Enrique]

http://www.globalatlanta.com/articlevid/24798/1503/

While China, India, Brazil and other rapidly developing countries are booming markets for exports, Canada and Mexico are still the U.S.'s strongest trade partners, said Suresh Kumar, the top official for the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service.

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Mr. Kumar credited the North American Free Trade Agreement, which eliminated all tariffs between Mexico, Canada and the U.S., with robust trade. It also allows manufacturers in the U.S. to easily partner with its neighboring countries.

“Sharing a common border as we do with both Mexico and with Canada also allows us to look at these markets as part of an embedded supply chain," Mr. Kumar told GlobalAtlanta.

U.S. exports to these partners were valued at $411.5 billion in 2010, a 23.4 percent increase from 2009. Since Nafta's implementation in 1994, the value of exports to Mexico and Canada has increased 190 percent.

“We think Nafta was the right thing to do and a step in the right direction," said Mr. Kumar.

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[Angry Dragon]

1. Mr. Kumar just might be an idiot and a pawn..............

[Fumesucker]

2. Or a shameless liar and asshole..

A liar who has a good job with benefits including health insurance.

FYIGM..