GHWB was a free trader. NAFTA and GATT negotiations started under his watch. Bill Clinton just finished the job.
Totally incorrect! NAFTA started in 1979 when Ronald Reagan proposed it as part of his campaign to run for president. Bush attacked Reagan for his economic ideas.
The original part of NAFTA, the FTA, was signed with Canada in January 1988 when Reagan was president. The U.S. was then negotiating a separate agreement with Mexico, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney asked to join and make it a three country deal.
George H.W. Bush had always been against it, but after eight years of being Reagan's VP, he went along with agenda.