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[Nicholas_J]

Has anyone here read NAFTA.

The claim that it is a bad act is only based on the fact that the regulatory requirements of the legislation have not been enforced.

The original bill had strong regulatory enforcements which were removed,, but these were replaced with requirements that the particupatory nations begin moving towards better labor standards, and better envirommental standards, and that the signatories would abide by them and also regularly police the situation to check on the status of these conditions being worked on by the signatory that was more economically backwards (Mexico was supposed to begin to improve its labor and environmental standards, and the U.S. and Canada were supposed to police it. Bush stopped enforcement efforts.