Word: nafta
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...opposition to the Patriot Act, the Bush tax cuts and some measures the G.O.P. has pushed to stop illegal immigration, such as the immigration bill the House passed last year that didn't have a guest worker program. Brown is attacking DeWine for supporting trade agreements like NAFTA that he says have cost jobs in Ohio, backing President Bush on the war and not doing enough to hold down the cost of prescription drugs. Brown has long been a critic of these trade deals, which more moderate Democrats such as President Clinton have in the past supported...
...Congressman gained an important ally in Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who has added her name to the plan. It was Hutchison who suggested that participation be limited to those who come from countries that partner with the United States in the NAFTA and CAFTA trade agreements...
...have all consumed far more of Washington's time and resources than giant Brazil, which was too big, remote and independent to be a pawn in the cold war. The only significant departure from the U.S.'s small-country bias has been with Mexico, first in the creation of NAFTA and then when Washington bailed the country out after its financial crash in 1994. Paying attention to Brazil would involve offering an attractive trade agreement that would grant freer access to the U.S. market for Brazilian steel, shoes, orange juice, ethanol and other products that currently face import barriers...
...Meanwhile, though the front-runner in this year's Mexican presidential race, former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is more friendly to foreign investment than the likes of Chavez, he has also pledged to review certain aspects of the 12-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA...
...While their individual politics are all a bit different, each was part of a team that passed the 1990 Clean Air bill, a landmark disablity rights measure and the negotiation of NAFTA - exactly the kind of solid accomplishments 41's son would need to close out a lackluster second term with some grace. Many conservatives uttered silent screams when some of those measures passed in the early 1990s, but I'm guessing now the Republicans are too desperate for change to fuss much now. And already there is talk - and some evidence - that Bolten is reaching out to other...