The purposes of MERCOSUR include: Free transit of production goods, services and factors between the member states with inter alia, the elimination of customs rights and lifting of nontariff restrictions on the transit of goods or any other measures with similar effects; Fixing of a common external tariff (TEC) and adoption of a common trade policy with regard to nonmember states or groups of states, and the coordination of positions in regional and international commercial and economic meetings; Coordination of macroeconomic and sectorial policies of member states relating to forei...
The government is put in place by the people whom it governs, in the United States that is. We elect officials and give them titles, responsibilities, and issues to resolve in the most diplomatic way or in the best interests of the people. Why would we elect people to make decisions that can affect us so greatly? The answer is simple, without government we would have chaos. We should allow the government to intervene in economic affairs that are in the interest of the people of the United States of America. ...