Does the PPP have anything to do with NAFTA (North American “Free” Trade Agreement)?
NAFTA is a 1994 trade agreement that “sets the rules” for trade among nations, in this case between Mexico, Canada and the US. Now, the US seeks to expand the same rules to all 34 countries in North, Central and South America, plus the Caribbean nations (except Cuba), in a trade agreement known as the FTAA (“Free” Trade Area of the Americas). The FTAA, we might add, has a geopolitical dimension of great importance to the United States. It would create a single trading block, “from the Yukon to the Patagonia”, under US hegemony, that will rival the European and Asian blocks. FTAA carves out the Western Hemisphere for the United States, at least in terms of trade. So the trade agreements (NAFTA and FTAA) are a necessary prerequisite for the “proper investment climate” that corporations are looking for. The PPP goes a step further by channeling billions of state funds to develop needed infrastructure to further interest corporations. 4. How does the PPP tie into other plans? The PPP ties
