If the world accepts this elitist, rich country agenda, farm trade will become more distorted, developing country farmers will face greater obstacles, and more people in poor countries will suffer from hunger. A presentation by Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs before the Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association, Washington, DC, March 21, 2001. To focus on AGOA implementation. It was passed by both houses of the US Congress, and signed by President Clinton. So the job is never done.
Economic freedom creates habits of liberty.
And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy. Free trade is about freedom. Communism could not compete with democratic capitalism, because economic and political freedom creates energy, competition, opportunity, and independent thinking. Expanded trade affects our nation's security. To strengthen and speed America's trade and economic policy, we will need to reestablish the bipartisan Congressional-Executive negotiating partnership.