NAFTA-like debate brewing on Capitol Hill as White
House pushes pacts with South
Korea, Panama and Colombia
Inking free trade deals with South
Korea, Panama and Colombia is
among the highest priorities for the U.S.
business community.
Manufacturer B. Braun Medical, for one, anticipates
that lowering tariffs, especially south of the border, would greatly increase
sales of its medical devices.
“The bottom line is we are trying to keep jobs here
in the Lehigh Valley,” said
Tom Black, the Bethlehem
company’s vice president of overseas and emerging markets sales and marketing. “The
more we can export into countries in Central and South
America, the more it is going to allow to keep jobs here.”
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