Free Trade is not Free Trade (opposition as an example)

First, we have to clarify that México is as much in South America as Indonesia is in Oceania, so we would like our country to be referred as to be in North America, not because we prefer to be from the North or the South, but having an wrong perception regarding our country shall always be clarified. Second, if we want to talk about out home ground, we have to tell you that some of your "facts" are not quite accurate, like the fact that electricity and water are not even privatzed and way less there is European intervention! There is null intervention from any other country regarding our water and electricity. Just as on our Thailand example, we have to state that the GDP is affected by every macroeconomical value and not only the inversion, but we will prove how the EU - Mexico Free Trade Agreement has brought more good than harm. More than 80% of México's international commerce is done through a frame of free trade, making our country one of the major goals for international investment. This investment projects México as one of the World's top 5 economies in the World within a period of 40 years.[1] Then who will be the poor guy? Now, going directly to results of the FTA with the EU. Talking about "poorer countries", México would take the paper of "the poor" here. However, México took certain advantage and Mexican products enter free of tax to Europe since 2003 and the Europeans to México since 2007 (and the proposition side wanted to argue results of 2003...). From 1999 to 2008, México-EU exports had increased 209%, Imports had increased 157% and the total commerce increased in 172%. Of course in 2003 there was a growing trade deficit, since the Free Trade Agreement hadn't fully been implemented and the trade balance is favorable to México. Fuels are, as the proposition said, the main export of México. However, 73.5% of the exports are not even fuel exports and in fact, 24.9% of the exports belong to products of the automotive industry. Other important soures of export include consuming goods and chemical products, so noth, offer and demand, are quite high and revenue positively to our country.[2] It is in 10 products that México is one of the 3 major providers to the European Union. The results are clearly favorable to "the poor country". "The loss of the basic sectors", ifit exists, clearly is not an effect of Free Trade Agreements, since the major importing prodcuts are Non-electric machinery and chemical products but the major national problems are based in lack of infraestructure, which has been developing quite fast with the need of international investment and the NAFTA. This prove can give us another very good and clear example on how the countries with a lower DGP can have more monetary benefits than those that have a greater GDP and how they foster development of a country, in this case of what we need most: Infrastructure but we also make it clear that it is not about who wins and who loses, but how both countries have benefits and poorer countries have more benefits that justify their free trade agreements, which builds our case. 1. ^ http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=349914 2. ^ http://www.dialogopoliticaexterior.org.mx/archivos_index/ueuro/080918%20Sria-Econ-evaluacion%20y%20oportunidades.pdf