In the third presidential debate, McCain said:
Right now, because of previous agreements, some made by President Clinton, the goods and products that we send to Colombia, which is our largest agricultural importer of our products, is — there’s a billion dollars that we — our businesses have paid so far in order to get our goods in there.
By any meausre, Colombia is not our largest agricultural importer. Canada is, with over $13b per year, per the Department of Agriculture. Canada and Mexico are also ahead in North America, in addition to japan, the EU, China and even indonesia and russia.
The only way this could be considered true is if he meant “in the region”. Colombia IS the largest importer in South America.
Would keeping out this crucial piece of information make this a lie?
October 28th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Colombia is our largest drug importer - coca, poppy seeds and hemp.