I should preface this post by stating the obvious. I am not a trade guy. But I do think its interesting how trade agreements like NAFTA have already been judged as either failures or successes before the full agreements have ever been implemented! Consider the example of trucking in NAFTA. Even though NAFTA "began" in 1994, Mexican trucks were supposed to be granted access to US highways in 2000, Bush finally made a move in that direction this spring, but given the latest Congressional action it doesn’t look like its going to happen. Among the new requirements: Mexican drivers should be fluent in English. Interestingly, I believe that Mexican trucks were allowed to drive in the US in the 1970s, at least the linked article implies that was the case. In any event, the full implementation of NAFTA is scheduled to occur in 2009 (a 15 year implementation period) and trucking is not the only item way behind schedule.
Kevin, the title of your post got me really excited because I thought you were about to explain something I have always been wondering for years. I was wrong, but enjoyed your post greatly nonetheless. Here is what I have been wondering: “almost all† eggs I bought from supermarkets are inseminated. I have bought both regular and cage-free ones; and they are all the same. Do the hens get artificially inseminated every day, or do they simply live a good life?
What is the point?
@shecky
Most of them are salt-of-the-earth types. They’re good people , just don’t expect them to know a whole lot beyond truck maintainence and NASCAR.
For all that it matters, what is “English” in the US anymore, we have so many localized dialects floating around.
On the absurdity of trucking related
politics, I have coauthored a paper
back in 2001. Most of that is still
relevant today. It is fun read!
http://cafri.usask.ca/estey/j_pdfs/condon2-2.pdf
Tapen
why are you not a trade guy?
The SheetWise Principle -
Playing in a free market is like playing chess where both players must commit to their next move simultaneously. Any strategy that’s based upon receiving a meaningful reply rather than a defensive posture is doomed to fail.
First Corollary -
When both players take a defensive posture, the audience gets bored.
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