Talk:Free trade agreements of the United States
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Biased, does Not meet Wiki standards. edit
So called "free" trade agreements are highly controversial, both in the US and world wide. Not a hint of that here. Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section):
"It should define the topic, establish context, explain why the subject is interesting or notable, and summarize the most important points—including any prominent controversies." ...consideration should be given to creating interest in reading more...
--71.137.156.36 (talk) 21:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)Doug Bashford
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Highly questionable (biased?) language in introduction edit
The introduction says that the US "is party to many free trade agreements" and "the United States has become a leader of the free trade movement". There is a citation needed attached to the sentence the second quote is from, but this is more than a citation needed problem. By the table, the US has free trade agreements with 21 countries. That's the same number as Australia has, except the sizes of Australia's economy and population are 6.4% and 8%, respectively, of America's. Mexico has FTAs with 44 countries, Canada with 51 countries. If we are going to use subjective, qualitative language to describe the US's participation in FTAs, phrases like "is party to many" and "a leader of" are inaccurate at best, wildly misleading at worst. - Wikkiwonkk (talk) 02:55, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
- Came here to make the same comment. The US has fewer free trade agreements than most other industrialized economies, both candidates in the 2016 US Presidential election promised not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and as of 2023 both the Democratic and Republican parties skew heavily toward protectionism. Flashpanner (talk) 22:43, 14 August 2023 (UTC)