Question 1

Shared Writing: International Trade

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Imagine a Free Trade Area of the Americas that would join Canada and the United States with Latin American countries, where wages are lower and technology is less developed. Which U.S. industries do you think would gain from such a trade area? Specifically, do you think labor-intensive industries or high-technology industries would be winners? Why?