Backgrounder posted June 27, 1994 by Michael G. Wilson
Building on the NAFTA: Forging a Free Trade Agreement
INTRODUCTION
With the passage last November of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), the Clinton Administration has the opportunity
to set in motion a free trade revolution throughout the Western
Hemisphere. By expanding the NAFTA beyond the United States,
Mexico, and Canada, and pursuing an aggressive free trade agenda
with Latin America, the Clinton…
Executive Memorandum posted November 23, 1993 by Michael G. Wilson
The North American Free Trade Agreement: Ronald Reagan's Vision Realized
The approval by the Congress of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) is a victory of engagement and competition over
withdrawal and complacency. The trade pact, which will eliminate
tariffs on goods and services between the United States, Canada,
and Mexico over a fifteen-year time span, will create the world's
largest market: some 360 million people, with…
Backgrounder posted September 30, 1993 by Michael G. Wilson
Setting the Record Straight: Evaluating Ross Perot's AllegationsAgainst the NAFTA
Introduction
The Clinton Administration on September 14 launched its campaign
to secure congressional ratification of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (The NAFTA will be considered by Congress
later this year or early next year. It is a trade agreement between
the United States, Canada, and Mexico that will create the world's
largest open…
Lecture posted September 27, 1993 by Michael G. Wilson
The North American Free Trade Agreement: Gauging Its Impact on the U.S. Economy
As I am sure you know, the Clinton Administration at long last
launched its campaign to secure congressional ratification of the
North American Free Trade Agreement last September 14. Bill
Clinton, flanked by former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter,
and NAFTA architect George Bush, used the occasion of the signing
of the side accords on environmental and labor…
Backgrounder Update posted August 10, 1993 by Michael G. Wilson
Message to Congress: Stop Subsidizing Sandinista Terrorism
(Archived document, may contain errors) 8/10/93 200 MESSAGE TO CONGRESS: STOP SUBSIDIZING SANDINISTA TERRORISM (Updating Backgrounder No. 933, "Restoring Democracy in Nicaragua: No U.S. Aid Without Reform," March 17, 1993) AMay 23 explosion in a Managua suburb has exposed the Sandinistas as supporters of international ter- rorism. The discovery of a large cache of…
Backgrounder posted July 31, 1992 by Michael G. Wilson
A U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Igniting Economic Prosperity inthe Americas
Introduction
During a May 13 to 15 visit to Washington by Chilean President
Patricio Aylwin, George Bush announced that the United States soon
will embark on free trade negotiations with Chile. (For an in depth
analysis of U.S.-Chilean relations, see: Michael G. Wilson, "A U.S.
Role in Chile's Democratic and Economic Reforms," Heritage
Foundation Backgrounder…
Backgrounder posted July 2, 1992 by Michael G. Wilson
Hastening Castro's Downfall
Introduction
Fidel Castro's communist dictatorship in Cuba, only 90 miles off
the coast of Florida, is on the brink of collapse. Over three
decades of communist economic mismanagement and political
repression have ruined Cuba's economy. Castro's problems have been
compounded by the thirty-year-old U.S. economic embargo of Cuba and
the suspension of the former…
Backgrounder posted February 11, 1991 by Michael G. Wilson
Is Haiti Turning Into Another Cuba?
(Archived document, may contain errors) 2/11/91 155 IS HAITI TURNING INTO ANOTHER CUBA? (Updating Backgrounder 746, "Haiti's Continuing Challenge to U.S. Policy Makers," January 18, 1990.) Haiti last week joined the ranks of the Western Hemisphere's democratic nations, leaving Cuba to stand as the sole dictatorship in the Americas. Internationally supervised…
Backgrounder Update posted February 29, 1988 by Michael G. Wilson
The U.S. Challenge in Panama
(Archived document, may contain errors) =9/88 71 THE U.S. CHALLENGE IN PANAMA (Updating Backgrounder No. 632, "Washington's Nine-Point Agenda for the Panama Problem," February 12, 1988.) The political turmoil in Panama soon may threaten United States security interests and even American lives. With some 50,000 American civilians and 10,000 American troops in Panama,…
Backgrounder Update posted October 20, 1983 by Michael G. Wilson
Think Again On Haiti
(Archived document, may contain errors) 10/20/93 205 THINK AGAIN ON HAITI (Updating Executive Memorandum No. 325, "Aristide Is No Answer to Haiti's Problems," March 13, 1992) BillClinton is on the verge of repeating in Haiti the mistakes that he made in Somalia: placing United States military personnel in harm's way before clearly evaluating American national…