Nelson Cunningham in The Huffington Post: "Romney's Empty Latin Trade Promises"

Nelson Cunningham, Chair of NDN's Latin America Policy Initiative, was published The Huffington Post on November 4, 2012 in an op-ed titled, "Romney's Empty Latin Trade Promises." Please find excerpts below. The full article can be found here.

"Mitt Romney says that he wants more trade with Latin America. In fact, that's point two in his five-point plan for the economy, as he reminded us in the third debate. How? By negotiating new trade agreements in the region. With which countries, exactly? He doesn't say, and frankly it's difficult to name a likely candidate. Thanks to the efforts of President Obama and his three predecessors of both parties, we already have trade agreements with every country of size in the region that is interested in liberalized trade with the United States: Mexico, Central America, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Chile and the Dominican Republic. The Caribbean islands, so important to Florida, benefit from a special trade status...So when Floridians consider which candidate will be better for Florida businesses and workers that look south for their commercial opportunities, or that will benefit from increased and balanced trade across the Pacific and with Europe, their choice should be President Obama. Not the candidate whose Latin America trade platform consists of an FTA with a player to be named later."