Word: accords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...accord's opponents whose last-ditch attempts (tinged with more than a hint of Ludditism) to scuttle the agreement ultimately proved futile, were unable to marshal enough successful opposition to the agreement, which by eliminating tariffs anong Canada, the United States and Mexico, creates a $6 trillion dollar market with 360 million consumers...
NAFTA, in spite of being the first trade accord with progressive environmental provisions and effective enforcement mechanisms attracted a motley assortment of opponents, including strident labor groups, Pat Buchanan and the ubiquitous Ross Perot...
...accord, which was the first to link a developing country with a more industrialized one in a free trade arrangement is, it can be said without hyperbole, the most significant development since the fall of the Berlin Wall...
...undertaken difficult and unpopular reforms to follow the liberalization trends strongly advocated and promoted by the United States. NAFTA has a special access clause which allows other countries of the hemisphere to join the free trade area if they are willing to lower their tariffs and other barriers accordingly. Chile, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia are potential candidates that could expand the North American Free Trade Area all the way down to the Southern Cone. President Salinas has said that the fate of the free trade accord has become a fundamental test of American relations not only with Mexico but throughout...
...conservative party's "young princes" in line for future leadership, Olmert joined 49 other Knesset members in voting against the Israel-P.L.O. accord. His ascension has ignited speculation that his right- wing stance could turn the city into a flashpoint between Arabs and Jews as both grope toward some kind of accommodation. The peace negotiations have already hit their first snag over just how far Israeli troops will withdraw from Jericho and the Gaza Strip while still protecting Jewish settlements...