I seem to recall that it was George H. W. Bush who "signed" the Nafta Agreement!
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WTH, I'm never sure how to answer someone like you....but the Nafta Negotiations were long and drawn out...Bush I, from the US, Canada's PM and Mexico's President signed the Treaty, I remember seeing the Photo-op...It had to be ratified by the Senate...Civics Classes tell you that... It was supported by Big Business....and of course opposed by Perot....It promised many great things...It was ratified by the U S Senate...you might want to blame them...they made it legal...and Only 9 Republicans voted Nay, 33 Yeas...Democratic were 27 yeas...29 nays.... Why did Clinton support it? I'm not sure, but the treaty itself wasn't written …
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eamon1916, The Cato Insitutute???? Wouldn't that be a biased source?
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Tina1.... Please read more of the follow up comments...and check out this site. http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/EM371.cfm Clinton signed a treaty....Nafta...that was the work of the previous administrations...He had his reasons for giving it his support...but he didn't write it...nor negotiate it's terms....as you can see by this article...the conservatives claim it as their "baby".... Have a nice day...you are correct in that Clinton signed the Nafta Treaty, negotiated by the Bush Administration..and passed by the Senate...but the agreement Nafta...was the work of Bushs....and you can google up the signing ceremony...or read the comments you must have missed above.. Have a nice day Tina1 …
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