Gosh. I suppose that in those countries that are not studiously neutral there comes a time when trade-offs have to be made. Trade offs that are about trade. Canada has made such a trade off. So have the countries of the EU.
Switzerland is an exception. Being neutral and being a banker to the (covert) world gives a certain degree of autonomy. For awhile. arthur -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] Be a good little beaver for Uncle Sam! Arthur Cordell wrote: > trade offs, trade offs, trade offs. > > NAFTA, FTA, economic interdependence. ... in other words: (Mis)using "free trade" to bully smaller countries into compliance. So, is "free trade" about freedom or coercion ?? Btw, after the German reunification, an American told me that many Americans would like to see a merger between USA and Canada, for all the cheap natural resources and free spaces (low pop.density) that Canada holds. (It seems that in the meantime, US corporations got pretty close to that, even without a political merger.) What do NAm FWers think about that? (I understand that some FWers including the listowner solved this on their own by emigrating ;-} ). Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
