vernment Accounting Office report states that a comprehensive FTAA agreement could have “wide-ranging effects on U.S. trade and investment with other Western Hemisphere countries” (Grassley 1). Some of the specific benefits of a successfully completed FTAA cited by the GAO are quite telling, especially since they are supported by the findings of other U.S. government agencies, like the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Among these findings are:
The elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers would provide
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