Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We've advanced in the construction of a true free-trade area across South America... What's needed now is less rhetoric and more action.
Free trade has been one of the tenets of the modern Mexican economy, and it's through competition and free trade that we will continue to advance.
It is in all our interests that the arteries of global trade are kept free, open and running.
Our ability to create jobs, our future growth, is built on the free market. It's built on open borders.
That foreign trade should be fair rather than free.
We need a new Latin American policy that is bold - different. We need to focus on building civil society, focus on the lack of infrastructure. We need look at ways to foster economic opportunity. There needs to be a more comprehensive economic vision in the region.
I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.
I'm quite an advocate of free trade.
Basically, the myth is that America has been founded on the free market; the government has done very little; it has thrived under free trade. But actually, if you look at the history, this is actually the country that has succeeded most with protectionist policies.
The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw thousands out of work.