Israel Free Trade Area Agreement #ILFTA
35 years ago following bitter complaints by U.S. exporters the FBI launched a counter espionage investigation targeting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee #AIPAC and the Israeli embassy. bilaterals.org/?us-israel-fre…
35 years ago following bitter complaints by U.S. exporters the FBI launched a counter espionage investigation targeting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee #AIPAC and the Israeli embassy. bilaterals.org/?us-israel-fre…
U.S. exporters at the time were near unanimously opposed to opening the vast U.S. market to Israeli exporters in exchange for limited, variable and tightly controlled U.S. access to Israel’s tiny market.
AIPAC and Israel worked every angle to pass the 1985 U.S. ILFTA, the first of a string of so-called “Free Trade Agreements.” The joint effort by Israel and its lobby included stealing and using data provided in confidence by U.S. exporters to the International Trade Commission,
By purloining and using the report against U.S. industry, and leveraging a vast coordinated political campaign contribution system, the Israel lobby won passage of ILFTA in 1985. ILFTA has produced a $182.25 billion bilateral trade deficit in goods.
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