document: IN California , labour leaders , environmentalists and the ` Perotistas ' supporting Mr Ross Perot have signed a Declaration of War against the North American Free Trade Agreement . The site of the signing ceremony in Sacramento sent a warning to the city 's congressman , Mr Bob Matsui , one of the leading proponents of Nafta in the US House of Representatives . In Washington state , Nafta opponents wrote alternative menus for a dinner given for Mr Rufus Yerxa , the Deputy US Trade Representative . These featured the potential chemical content of the dishes if the free trade pact becomes a reality and allegedly toxic-laden Mexican produce floods into the US . Anti-Nafta crusaders drove caravans through Tennessee , California and Texas to mobilise opposition . Equipped as information centres , the vans cruised from town to town showing films and slides of the environmental degradation in Mexico . With just a shoestring budget - no more than Dollars 200,000 -LRB- Pounds 134,230 -RRB- a year in cash - foes of Nafta have worked for three years to mount a massive campaign to win the hearts and minds of the American public . Nafta 's US proponents - mostly the business community - are spending millions , bypassing the voters , to convince Congress to pass Nafta . An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released last week showed 31 per cent of all Americans in favour of the pact , a slight increase from previous surveys , while 29 per cent are opposed . However , 63 per cent believe Nafta will cost US jobs . Although the Clinton administration weeks ago said it would appoint a ` Nafta czar ' to shepherd the pact through Congress , it has yet to announce it has found anyone to take on the task . By contrast , the opposition has an ` anti-Nafta czar ' in place and making speeches around the country . He is Mr Jim Jontz , a former Indiana congressman . Nafta foes have pooled their meagre resources to provide him with a campaign office , and field legislative directors . Forty-one states have been organised , and every two weeks the organisers hold long conference calls to plot strategies . Nafta foes around the country say their protests have persuaded congressman to back away from support of the deal . One California gubernatorial hopeful , Ms Kathleen Brown - sister of former Governor Jerry Brown - has been stalked by demonstrators , who even follow her to fundraising events . According to Mr Craig Merrilees , director of California 's Fair Trade Campaign , Ms Brown has expressed doubt about the pact , along with the rest of the state 's Democratic establishment . With the expected conclusion this week of the talks over side agreements on labour and environment , both sides are preparing to crank up their lobbying efforts . The opposition is not awaiting an announcement of the details , said Ms Lori Wallach , one of the opposition 's leaders . The side pacts will be ` silly , ' she said , ` It 's the same old Bush Nafta with the supplementals used to create a fig-leaf . '
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