Thread: PAUL WOLFOWITZ now at the WORLD BANK

PAUL WOLFOWITZ now at the WORLD BANK

From the War in Iraq to running the World Bank.

Here is what He had to say about Latin American Imports into the U.S.

From the Official World Bank Website:

Press Conference with Paul Wolfowitz in Guatemala City
Also available in: Spanish


Press Conference
with
Paul Wolfowitz -World Bank President
Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 29, 2006

REPORTER: (Inaudible) How is the World Bank supporting Guatemala and Central America in the process of CAFTA?



P. WOLFOWITZ: I think there is an enormous opportunity for the hard working people of this country to be able to sell their products into the biggest market in the world. We saw this morning in Chimaltenango two agricultural cooperatives that have over the last few years with some help from the World Bank and some from USAID, been able to develop such quality and consistency in their products, that they have supplied contracts with large local supermarkets that have succeeded in some significant exports to neighboring countries. And those two cooperatives could have enormous access into the North American market and are producing the quality now that would be competitive. By the way, these are people who were in extreme poverty just, I believe, as recently as 7-8 years ago, and now they are earning good wages, working under much better conditions and clearly have enormous pride in the work they are doing. That is sustainable development, that is the kind of work we would like to encourage -- and a significant part of being successful is being able to sell your products when they are produced. I don’t want to get into commenting on specific issues that may be involved in CAFTA, but I think that the general idea is that there are huge gains to be made for Guatemalan producers in accessing US markets. That is, I think, without any question.

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTE...K:4607,00.html


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NAFTA Is Not Enough

Interview with Daniel Lederman, co-author of the report


December 17, 2003—According to a new World Bank study released today, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has spurred economic development in Mexico, but is not enough to achieve economic convergence with Canada and the United States even in the long run without investment in innovation, infrastructure and adequate institutions.

[Note: are you ready to give your Tax dollars so that they can be invested in the Infrastucture in Mexico ??? ]

Lessons from NAFTA for Latin America and the Caribbean Countries: A Summary of Research Findings , written in advance of the ten year anniversary of the agreement’s implementation, was prepared to help acquaint countries of the region with possible effects of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), currently being negotiated by Western Hemisphere nations.

DevNews spoke with Daniel Lederman, co-author of the report and World Bank senior economist at the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean to learn more.

What does this report say?
This report provides some lessons from the Mexican experience that can be useful to other Latin American and Caribbean countries, most of whom are in some stage of trade negotiation with the United States.

The Mexican experience is unique because it is one of the few actual, real-life examples of a comprehensive free-trade agreement between one of the most advanced economies in the world and a developing country.

What are the lessons?
The main lesson is that a free-trade agreement is not a substitute for a development strategy. It is but one of the ingredients in a much broader development framework.

According to one of our estimates, without NAFTA, Mexico’s GPD per capita would have been 4 to 5 percent less than it was at the end of 2002. This indicates that NAFTA had a net positive effect on the economy, but a rather small one after almost a decade of implementation.

NAFTA alone hasn’t been enough to propel Mexico onto a path of fast-paced and sustainable long-term economic growth. There are some structural factors, related to domestic policies that are impeding its development.

[Translation /Conclusion: What will be needed is more Trade agreements, access to more of the U.S. Economic benefits, and Less American Sovereignty]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTE...K:4607,00.html

Comrade Bush's Globalist Manifesto marches onward.


IMPEACH BUSH!!!!!!!!!!

Excerpt from Kennedy's Amendment SA 4094. parts of which incorporated into Specter's SA4188 without the reference to Comrade Bush's Globalist Manifesto aka The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America:

(J)" The Presidents of Mexico and of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada, at their trilateral summit on March 23, 2005, established the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America to promote economic growth, competitiveness, and quality of life throughout North America.

(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PARTNERSHIP
FOR PROSPERITY.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States and Mexico should accelerate the implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America to help generate economic
growth and improve the standard of living in Mexico,..."

These 3 Monkeys who 'see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil'
are ignorant beyond measure!