AICC Position Paper
Topic: Free Trade Agreements
Topic Brief
The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters supports the Free Trade agreements
currently being considered. As an organization of independent manufacturers, AICC knows that
the free trade agreements will be good for business and American jobs. America has trade
surpluses with all of the countries with which it has free trade agreements, and trade deficits
with those it doesn’t. The proposed agreements with Panama, South Korea, and Colombia
would each improve America’s economy by giving us a more open market.
Free trade agreements, however, can cause an interim loss of American jobs. The North
American Free Trade Agreement, for example, caused a net loss of 739,280 jobs. To rectify this,
Trade Adjustment Assistance proposals have been introduced as a way to benefit the American
economy without abandoning the American worker. AICC also supports this solution as part of
Congress’s approval of the Free Trade Agreements currently being considered.
Legislative Proposals
U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
Status: negotiated, waiting on Congressional approval
U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement
Status: negotiated, waiting on Congressional approval
U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
Status: negotiated, waiting on Congressional approval