Hollywood and NAFTA

[Brad De Long]

>I am not referring to products made in Hollywood, but a process --  the
>studios moving production to countries where they can get a cheaper
>workforce which has come in the wake of NAFTA. ...
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>marta
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OK. Let's try again...

*Canada* is not a low-wage country.

The Hollywood unions' complaint about NAFTA is not that it is a 
free-trade agreement, but that NAFTA contains a carve-out for 
Canada's national cultural subsidy policy.

They want NAFTA to be *more complete*--to eliminate more in the way 
of national policy differences (in this case, Canadian cultural 
subsidies). Most critics of NAFTA want it too be *less complete*--to 
leave for space for national policies that subsidize different forms 
of activity that are valued for reasons beyond the marketable output 
they produce.

The Hollywood unions are criticizing NAFTA, yes. But they are not 
your allies...

Brad DeLong