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Article: After NAFTA. (impact of adopted North American Free Trade Agreement) (Editorial)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- December 13, 1993
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WHETHER NAFTA'S passage was a step toward a more prosperous world of free(r) trade, or the first stage of a retreat into a protectionist North America, will be decided in the next few years. Both possibilities inhere in the actual agreement. Hence, our NAFTA endorsement had codicils urging the swift passage of GATT and an early start on crafting an Atlantic Free Trade Area to underpin our still-needed military alliance with Western Europe.
Which way we go will be determined by domestic politics. Because Mr. Clinton is currently enjoying the credit for NAFTA's passage that was really won by Congressman Gingrich, there is talk of a Republican-New Democrat coalition ...