A central feature of the U.S. economy is the economic freedom afforded to the private sector by allowing the private sector to make the majority of economic decisions in determining the direction and scale of what the U.S. economy produces. What they produce can then be sold to other countries, or traded in some type of international relation. The number of workers and, more importantly, their productivity help determine the health of the U.S. economy. Throughout its history, the United States has experienced steady growth in the labor force, a phenomenon that is both cause and effect of almost constant economic expansion with other countries.
In addition to being the world’s largest economy, The United …show more content…
This free trade was primarily focused on international companies and countries beyond Europe. Renewing the President's authority to negotiate trade agreements on a "fast track” basis is an important step to achieve this goal. However one of the issues with this is that imports are crushing the amount of exports. In other words, we as a whole country have become too reliant on other countries, and in doing so, have become a dependent nation in terms of goods and trading. We can see this best with our need for foreign oil and its negative impacts that