From: harelb@MATH.CORNELL.EDU (Harel Barzilai)
Newsgroups: talk.environment
Subject: NAFTA May Hurt Bush ; Candidate Feinstein Opposes NAFTA
Date: 14 Aug 92 06:18:17 GMT
Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB

[Via misc.activism.progressive from PeaceNet's trade.news]
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Topic 140       TRADE.NEWS 8-11-92 
kmander Updates on GATT & NAFTA Negotiations    12:55 pm  Aug 11, 1992 
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TRADE NEWS BULLETIN   
Tuesday, August 11, 1992 
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NAFTA News Summary 
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CALIFORNIA SENATE CANDIDATE FEINSTEIN OPPOSES NAFTA 
  
President Bush may expect the North American Free Trade  
Agreement to help his re-election campaign, especially in large  
border states such as Texas and California, but many economists  
and others predict the treaty could hurt Bush's chances in  
November.  Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Golman Sachs  
International, said potential job losses from NAFTA will cost  
Bush votes in mid-Western states.  In California, even if most  
people believe NAFTA will help the state, it may not be enough  
to give Bush the 54 electoral votes California offers, Republican  
commentator Kevin Phillips said.  "My guess is California is  
beyond his reach," he said.  "He has the lowest support there of  
anybody since Marvin Field (a California pollster) started  
polling there 46 years ago." 

In San Francisco recently, U.S. Senate candidate Diane Feinstein  
promised to fight NAFTA if she's elected to the Senate.   
Speaking to 50 members of the Teamsters Hispanic Caucus,  
Feinstein said, "With wages in Mexico one-seventh those of  
California, California would be the loser.  I am a 'no' vote on that  
agreement," she said to cheers.  Many organized labor and Bay  
Area Congressional members oppose the proposed treaty. 

Source: Susan Cornwell, "NAFTA Accord A Gamble for Bush  
Politically," REUTER, August 10, 1992; Jonathan Marshall,  
"Feinstein Vows Fight On Mexico Accord," SAN FRANCISCO  
CHRONICLE, p. A5. 
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GATT News Summary 
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DUNKEL SAYS GATT MUST PROTECT ENVIORNMENT 

ANTENNA magazine reports that in April, GATT Director General  
Arthur Dunkel said he opposed commercial measures which did  
not take into account the protection of the environment.  As an  
example, Dunkel said he was against the import of tropical  
woods and in favor of multilateral agreements which consider  
the protection of the forests.  He said GATT cannot be concluded  
without commencing new negotiations that take the  
environment into consideration. 

Source: "Report of the Meeting With Mr. Dunkel," ANTENNA, p.  
12. 
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Resources: 

1.  STEPAN CHEMICAL: THE POISONING OF A MEXICAN  
COMMUNITY is an 18 minute video about the joint efforts of  
Matamoros, Mexico and the U.S. based Coalition for Justice in the  
Maquiladoras to force a cleanup of the Stepan chemical plant in  
Matamoros.  It was produced and ed by Mark R. Day and  
is available in English or Spanish by sending a check for $20 to  
CJM, 3120 W. Ashby, San Antonio, TX 78228. 
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Produced by: 
Kai Mander     
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) 
1313 Fifth Street SE, Suite #303 
Minneapolis, MN 55414-1546 USA 

Telephone:(612)379-5980 Fax:(612)379-5982  
E-Mail:kmander@igc.org 
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