On June 27, 2005, Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff and Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez met with their Canadian and Mexican counterparts in Ottawa, Canada, and released a Report to Leaders with initial results and proposed initiatives for the future under the SPP. This report contained agreements to develop and implement common methods of screening individuals and cargo, development of a unified trusted traveler program to expand upon the SENTRI and FAST programs, and development of a collective approach to protecting infrastructure and responding to various incidents. The signees of the report also agreed on common principles for electronic commerce, liberalization of the rules of origin on household appliances and machinery, streamlining and harmonizing regulatory processes, and collaboration in the steel, automobile, and energy sectors to enhance competitiveness.
People are well aware of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which opened the flood gates and allowed big business to import cheap foreign laborers to take American jobs. A current example is the so-called NAFTA superhighway, the plan to create a 10-lane, limited-access highway running from Mexico to Canada. This superhighway would enable Asian manufacturers to ship containers full of goods to Mexican ports, unload them using Mexican labor (rather than U.S. labor) and put them on Mexican driven trucks (bypassing the Teamsters) which would then be driven into the United States. The goods would then be distributed through a new customs-free port in the U.S. operated by the Mexican and U.S. governments. Citizens oppose agreements such as these because they institutionalize the use of cheap foreign labor and are being made to cater to big business interests, not the interests of the American workers or the American people.
This highway has come to the forefront due to the Kelo decision and the amount of property that would have to be taken to construct the highway. On January 22, 2007, Representative Virgil Goode has introduced H.Con.Res 40 expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada. I do have concerns about this agreement because some of its aspects may significantly affect our sovereignty. Debates on this issue continue in Congress.
Take a few moments to contact your Congressman and support H. Con. Res 40. Make an effort to voice your concern against the NAFTA Superhighway and North America Union.
People are well aware of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which opened the flood gates and allowed big business to import cheap foreign laborers to take American jobs. A current example is the so-called NAFTA superhighway, the plan to create a 10-lane, limited-access highway running from Mexico to Canada. This superhighway would enable Asian manufacturers to ship containers full of goods to Mexican ports, unload them using Mexican labor (rather than U.S. labor) and put them on Mexican driven trucks (bypassing the Teamsters) which would then be driven into the United States. The goods would then be distributed through a new customs-free port in the U.S. operated by the Mexican and U.S. governments. Citizens oppose agreements such as these because they institutionalize the use of cheap foreign labor and are being made to cater to big business interests, not the interests of the American workers or the American people.
This highway has come to the forefront due to the Kelo decision and the amount of property that would have to be taken to construct the highway. On January 22, 2007, Representative Virgil Goode has introduced H.Con.Res 40 expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada. I do have concerns about this agreement because some of its aspects may significantly affect our sovereignty. Debates on this issue continue in Congress.
Take a few moments to contact your Congressman and support H. Con. Res 40. Make an effort to voice your concern against the NAFTA Superhighway and North America Union.
NORTH AMERICA UNION
Article retrieved from letter written by Rep. Marsha Blackburn US House of Representative, 7th District
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On March 23, 2005, President Bush hosted meetings in Texas with President Fox and Prime Minister Martin, in which the leaders established the trilateral Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). The purpose of the SPP is to advance the common security and the common prosperity of the countries through expanded cooperation and harmonization of policies. Ministerial-led working groups were to develop measurable and achievable goals and to report back to the leaders within 90 days and semi-annually thereafter.
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