September 11th as a response to the USA external policy

· B) The USA's economic system

Hatred for America is also based on the fact that it prevents other societies from existing as full and free entities, from living as they would wish to do. The USA have simply made it too difficult for other people to exist.

In economic terms, it is quite true. The USA have structured the global economy to pertually enrich themselves and reduce non-Western societies to abject poverty. Free market is merely synonymous with free mobility of American capitals ; expansion of American exports ; free movement of goods and services from America to the rest of the world. Besides all these advantages the US control the international financial institutions such as the IMF ; the World Bank and the WTO. All these powers in the hand of a single country, the USA, contributes to marginalise the less-developped World. The ability of under-developing countries to have some goods has been systematically eroded. Absolute poverty has increased over the past decades, and the gulf between the rich and the poor is now very deep. In a way, we can say that the United State of America is literally taking bread out of the mouths of the people of developing and under-developing world. With all these assets, America does not need the world's institutions to run its foreign economic policies, therefore they did not need the rest of the world to live, and develop a kind of self-sufficiency. In fact, the US take little interest in institutions such as the UNDP^17(*), the UNHCR^18(*)... However, the USA maintain total control on the World Trade Organisation, because it is the major instrument of their imperialism, in fact it removes the obstacles off the way of their own multinational companies, and keep the other countries at arm's length. In a way the World's economy functions largely for the benefit of the USA and the USA-led group of eight countries^19(*). So, the misfortunes of the poorest, are a by-product of the self-interest of the richest. The USA, in fact accumulates the wealth of the world through some manipulations. For instance, the USA « control » the IMF ; this institution grants some countries loans in exchange the IMF asks them to allow Foreign Banks to own more equity in the local banking sector. Through such loan conditions American business ends up wholly or partly the key sectors of economy. The other striking example is Africa. This country was defrauded by the USA. In fact the AGOA^20(*) is supposed to provide African countries with duty and quota-free access for their products to the American market in exchange for certain concessions to the US and its firms. The American government grants access only to those goods that it decides may not negatively affect US producers. In fact, only products using fabric and yarns produced in America will have easy access to the USA market. The requirement for US raw material to be used in their products not only undermines the African countries own domestic raw material industries, but end up them being uncompetitive. American gains real benefits from AGOA, while Africa became poorer. The American so-called generosity is only a « façade » to hide their real features. They want people to think they are good. The principal beneficiary of America's Foreign Assistance Program has always been the USA.

The USA became really unpopular, even in the eyes of the more developed countries when they refused to take part in the Kyoto Protocol ^21(*). Everyone is concerned by Nature, the quality of the athmosphere, of the air, however not the USA. The USA announced that they would not implement the Kyoto protocol, because they conscider it is not the right tool to deal with the ozone layer problem. If the USA refused the Kyoto protocol, it is just because they are the main producer of carbon dioxide. They will not do anything that arms their economy. The USA clearly shows, that their needs are far greater than those of the rest of the world, but even the dangers to the Planet is subordinated to their own desires.

* ¹⁷ United nations Development Program

* ¹⁸ United Nation High Commission for refugees

* ¹⁹ G8

* ²⁰ African Growth and Opportunity Act, signed into law by President George W . Bush in October 2001.

* ²¹ In Kyoto, Japan, on December 11, 1997 sets specific targets for the reduction of carbon dioxyde emissions. Carbon dioxyde, emited by motor vehicles and industries that burn fossil fuels, is blamed for climate change and global warming. The agreement requires industrialised countries to reduce emissions.