NAFTA: Globalization Update

[romacox]

Under NAFTA, cross-border trucking that would allow Mexican big rigs onto U.S. highways was supposed to begin in 1995. But safety and union concerns led to the United States' non-compliance.

A pilot program that breathed life back into the issue was implemented briefly, but canceled a year ago because of lack of funding.

In retaliation, Mexico raised tariffs on 90 U.S. products worth at least $400 million since last March, according to Notimex.

Mexico acknowledged that the United States has expressed a commitment to resolving the issue, but wants a specific set of actions, the Mexican Embassy said.
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Here is what American truckers are saying:

Lou Rockwell says: The real issue is national sovereignty. Once again, decisions that affect millions of Americans are not being made by those Americans themselves, or even by their elected representatives in Congress. Instead, a handful of elites use their government connections to bypass national legislatures and ignore our Constitution – which expressly grants Congress the sole authority to regulate international trade.
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Riled Ron Paul on NAFTA
YouTube - Ron Paul on NAU, SPP, NAFTA, UN

 

[romacox]

Christian Science Monitor says:

With the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico each facing rising anxieties at home over perceptions of weakening national sovereignty, that was the common objective of Tuesday's NAFTA summit at a wooded resort in Quebec. US President George W. Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wanted their annual gathering to highlight efforts to accommodate booming trade among the three countries while also enhancing border security. To that end, the leaders were expected to announce a new plan for meeting border-crossing demands during emergencies - either natural or man-made, such as a terrorist attack - at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

But even as hurricane Dean bore down on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, a figurative storm of national-sovereignty fears was churning relations among the three neighbors, linked by the North American Free Trade Agreement since 1994. The anxiety reflects disappointments over NAFTA's results, some experts say, even as the trade agreement is blamed for the perceived negative impact of closer relations. "We've now had more than a decade of implementation of NAFTA, and there's a rising sense of negatives associated with that - in particular a sense of loss of local control to some overarching superentity - even as the promises of NAFTA uplifting everyone, creating jobs, and enhancing the rate of development do not seem to have been kept," says Miguel Tinker-Salas, an expert in Western Hemisphere relations at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. "In all three countries, people feel this super-government they have no say in is having a growing influence over their lives."

.In the US, Mr. Bush faces growing criticism, largely from within his own conservative base, that illegal immigration and a border left porous to accommodate trade that serves the interests of large corporations are reducing America's control of its own affairs.

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[romacox]

The last several wars were were not fought to protect this Country...otherwise our border security would have been a priority. The last several wars have been fought to hand international corporations "globalization" on a silver platter at the expense of the American taxpayer, and the suffering of the populace involved.

The wars were fought to gain power over other Countries. But it has backfired. Mexico and China now have the power to punish us. The jailer is controlled by the prisoner.

 

[therepublic]

The last several wars were were not fought to protect this Country...otherwise our border security would have been a priority. The last several wars have been fought to hand international corporations "globalization" on a silver platter at the expense of the American taxpayer, and the suffering of the populace involved.

The wars were fought to gain power over other Countries. But it has backfired. Mexico and China now have the power to punish us. The jailer is controlled by the prisoner.

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