to have a similar agreement which is called the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Project, or T-TIP for short, with the European Union. Finally, there are broad-based agreements that involve free trade such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and a few others that are noteworthy (USTR).
Benefits of NAFTA
As far as whether the NAFTA agreement benefits the United States, the answer is dependent on one's perspective and ideas about outsourcing and the shifting of manufacturing. To use the perspective of the United States in particular, the outsourcing of jobs to countries like Mexico has hit the… Continue Reading...
leadership and negotiating expertise in its major areas of responsibility, including such services as:
• Bilateral, regional and multilateral trade and investment issues
• Expansion of market access for American goods and services
• International commodity agreements
• Negotiations affecting U.S. import policies
• Oversight of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and Section 301 complaints
• Trade, commodity, and direct investment matters managed by OECD and others
• Trade-related intellectual property protection issues
• World Trade Organization (WTO) issues
In order to provide such ambitious services in the effort to further world trade, the USTR works directly with the US Congress as well as team of external advisors,… Continue Reading...
