U.S.-Brazil Deal ‘Blows Open’ Constrained Market as Obama Leaves for Chile

[Bluebear]

A trade and economic cooperation deal between the U.S. and Brazil will open a constrained market and help reach the administration’s goal of doubling exports by 2015, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said...

A Brazil free-trade agreement “should be on the agenda,” said Steven Bipes, executive director of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, which is affiliated with the Washington-based U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business lobbying group. “Detailed specific proposals and ideas from the private sector, that work should begin,” he said...

The Obama administration is being pressed to send Congress free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama reached under Obama’s predecessor. Kirk said the White House wants to complete the South Korea pact before July 1, when a Korean accord with the European Union is set to take effect.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/u-s-brazil-deal-blows-open-constrained-market-as-obama-leaves-for-chile.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. More foolish ideas..................

[Ikonoklast]

6. Convincing Brazil to lift trade constraints is foolish?

You realize Brazil has a protectionist bent, and imposes trade barriers or arcane rules for other countries and complains when they reciprocate?

We sell lots of stuff to Brazil, lets hope we can sell even more.

They have had a rapidly growing economy, and our exports to Brazil employ American workers.


Not really totally bad news at all.

[Angry Dragon]

8. Only if American workers are protected and jobs do not

fly out of this country

[Motown_Johnny]

2. Bleh... The U.S and E.U should enter into a pact where we both

charge import taxes on all these other countries (based on adherence to child labor laws, environmental issues etc).


Maybe together we could stop this insane race to the bottom.

[NoTimeToulouse]

5. I believe that it is too late to stop it.

The only thing that the USA will be first in will be the unemployed.

[NoTimeToulouse]

3. Doubling exports?

Dose this mean doubling exports of U.S. based jobs to other countries?

[gratuitous]

4. Look if you're not going to log your rain forests any faster

Let us do it!

[DCKit]

7. Too True.

Heavy equipment for mining, timber and farming initially, while they construct the factories in Brazil to build the heavy equipment.

[Bluebear]

12. +++

[Name removed]

9. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. Sixth.

:eyes:

[EFerrari]

11. On to Chile, where a new nuke development agreement was just inked.

Oops.

US agrees to help Chile go nuclear, despite Japan disaster

Even as radiation leaked from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, the US and Chile signed a nuclear power cooperation agreement, days ahead of President Obama's visit Monday.

Santiago, Chile

Among the "urgent events" that President Obama said he discussed Monday with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera was the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan that began March 11 when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami along the northeast coast.


While the crisis only appeared to be mentioned in passing during a press conference in Santiago during Mr. Obama's five-day regional tour, it has set off a firestorm of criticism against Mr. Piñera and caused a major rethink over energy policy here.

Yesterday, some 2,000 people marched through the capital to protest a new US-Chile nuclear power cooperation agreement signed Friday as radiation leaked from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. The agreement promises cooperation in operating research reactors, handling civilian nuclear training and safety measures. It seemed a natural extension of Piñera's steady push for nuclear power to ensure electricity for Chile's world-leading copper industry.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0321/US-agrees-to-help-Chile-go-nuclear-despite-Japan-disaster