We have been pushed to accept the “free trade is fair trade†ruse since Bush41.
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Wrong
see my post above
Reagan’s dream of free, fair, and mutually beneficial did not come to fruition.
I firmly believe the program, like many, got bastardized along the way. This treaty was the first most people had ever heard of that needed ‘side deals’. (Hmmm, why does that phrase sound familiar?)
From the Heritage Foundation in 1993.
“Moreover, it will create an estimated 200,000 new jobs for Americans, reduce illegal immigration from Mexico, help tackle drug trafficking, strengthen Mexican democracy and human rights, and serve as a model for the rest of the world.”
The dream of NAFTA has failed in execution.
Where did those jobs go? How’s illegal immigration and drug trafficking coming along? Mexico is now, of course, regarded as a stalwart of human rights.
I say Bush 41 because his administration actually started the negotiations, which were of course completed under Clinton.