Atlasian-Morocco Free Trade Bill

[jerusalemcar5]

Morocco was the first nation to recognize the United States (and in turn Atlasia, I guess), so this seems like a good fit.

That seems like a rather trivial reason to support this, given that that was, what, two hundred years ago?

It 229 years ago to be exact and it was a MUCH different Morocco.

[jerusalemcar5]

I don't think anyone has brought up reasons why a FTA would be unbeneficial to Atlasia.

Well for one it allows foreign products to be sold cheaply and damages the Atlasian industry since they are forced to compete with countries that make things cheaper because they don't have labor laws.

[jerusalemcar5]

Yes, and that saves Atlasians money and improves the global economy.

Except that tens of thousands of Atlasians lose their jobs and we lose a self sustaining economy.

I'm mixed on free trade, but I'll play devil's advocate here.

[jerusalemcar5]

I think you folks are missing the point of this bill. Free Trade with Atlasia should not be offered as a reward, rather it should be offered up as an expectation of an active participant in the world economy. Restricting trade activities simply because the country in question is not completely democratic is foolish.

Very good point.

Furthermore: Free trade does not merely benefit the exporter; it benefits the importer as well. Why should Atlasian citizens be denied the benefits of importing foreign goods, merely because some other country happens to be undemocratic? 

If we completely globalize, then we would destroy our own self sufficiency.  What if industries in a couple countries started to fail?  Ina free trade world it could crash the entire global economy in days, since noi nations would be able to withstand it.  We have seen what our dependence on foreign oil has led to and it would be very sad if we became dependent on other countries for everything.

Also, free trade only benefits the importer if they are getting free trade in return.  Many countries in these bills don't have free tradwe with us, so only they benefit.

[jerusalemcar5]

If we completely globalize, then we would destroy our own self sufficiency.  What if industries in a couple countries started to fail?

By that logic, New York should cut off trade with California, so that it can become self-sufficient, and so that it can remain unaffected by out-of-state industrial failures.

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How so?

Except New York and California can be regulated by Congress and the national government.  No such body exists over the world.

It would be a double hit to industry.  Not only do they have to compete with cheaper foreign goods, but they still have to spend more overseas.  The benfit to consumers would be negligible.