Free Trade Agreements: Lessons from Latin America’s Recent Past

Council on American Affairs (COHA) Washngton, D.C. December 6, 2007
Government representatives would be wise to exercise caution because FTAs are not always one-way tickets to long-term stability. In fact, recent Latin American history has indicated that abruptly opening vulnerable local markets can accentuate already grave domestic social problems. The typical scenario found throughout the [...]