Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy
11 March 2009
Chicago radio host Ray Hanania and Grant Smith discuss an upcoming IRmep report about the US-Israel Free Trade Area (FTA):
1. Impact of AIPAC and the Israeli government’s acquisition of business confidential information provided by concerned US industries to the US Trade Representative during negotiations;
2. Ongoing commercial espionage in weapons systems design, pharmaceutical clinical dossiers, and other intellectual property;
3. Why the agreement is the only bilateral FTA producing multi-billion dollar yearly deficits now totaling $71 billion and negative jobs impact of 126,000 manufacturing related jobs;
4. Measures the Obama administration should take as it begins reevaluating FTAs against the new trade agenda.
The program is now available for download as an .mp3 audio file.