Quote

The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations.

Stephen F. Lynch

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Stephen F. Lynch
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 31
Lawyer
Politician
Trade Unionist
U.S. Representative
Boston
Massachusetts
Stephen Lynch
Stephen Francis Lynch
S. F. Lynch
Share
Exports
Nations
Purchasing
Jobs
Consumed
Kind
Traditional
Six
Biggest
Products
Creation
Cafta

More quotes by Stephen F. Lynch

Image
I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
Stephen F. Lynch
Image
Free trade should not mean free labor.
Stephen F. Lynch
Image
Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.
Stephen F. Lynch
Image
If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports.
Stephen F. Lynch
Image
Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.
Stephen F. Lynch
Image
Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade.
Stephen F. Lynch
Image
Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.
Stephen F. Lynch