Colombian
farmers fear future after US trade deal
Colombia
promised that a free trade agreement with the United States will
create jobs and stimulate the economy, but farmers in the country
fear their livelihoods are at risk and they will become prey of large
US agribusiness.
The
government said the accord, which came into effect this week, will
add as much as 1 percentage point of growth to the economy and trim
two percentage points from unemployment.
Small-scale
farmers, however, fear that the local market will succumb to cheap US
exports and that thousands will lose their jobs.
Alessandro
Rampietti reports from Saldana, Colombia.
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