Easier to connect than disconnect
ARTICLE: For Venezuela, as Distaste for U.S. Grows, So Does Trade, By Simon Romero, New York Times, August 16, 2006Great article sent by reader in Treasury.
Best part: U.S. has been biggest trade partner for a century, so that
connectivity ain't easy to erase.
Sure, most of their exports are oil but their demand for our goods is growing, not decreasing, under Chavez.
As my Treasury guy said: "Politicians will talk," and yet "the world will continue to connect."
As we see now in Bolivia, easier to accumulate new connectivity than to erase old. Cheaper too.
Comments
American companies should be careful with their Venezuelan investments as Mr. Chavez reaks of the second coming of Allende.
They may soon find their new ventures seized in an effort to further taunt the Bush Administration.
Posted by: Helvidius | August 19, 2006 12:08 AM