"Michael Bryant" wrote in message
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From: nobody
Msut be why Clinton signed NAFTA.
Try again. GH Bush is the President that spent his whole term
negotiating and
supporting the NAFTA treaty. Clinton signed it shortly after the 92
election.
The negotiating of the details took place under the two Republican
presidents
that preceded him. Actually, the US negotiations for NAFTA were
initiated and
supported by Reagan. Are you aware that GW Bush is currently
pursuing a free
trade agreement to cover US trade with the entire Western
Hemisphere? His
rationale:
It will protect US corporate profits.
Well, where to start? Bush, not Clinton, signed NAFTA in December,
1992. IMO it's also rather ridiculous to suggest Bush spent his
"whole term" negotiating it. I'm quite sure he did a couple of other
things from '89-'92.
The implication that NAFTA was entirely Bush's baby is equally
incorrect. In fact, Clinton expended political capital and -actively-
campaigned for its passage in Congress throughout the early part of
his presidency, leading to the passage in November, '93--10 months
into Clinton's first term. He was not in the least a passive
participant in its Congressional approval, and, again contrary to
implication above, was the most active of the past several presidents
in supporting free trade. This is evidenced by his total support for
GATT in 1994 and the creation of the WTO.