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<text id=93TT1277>
<title>
Mar. 29, 1993: Big Smiles, Real Teeth
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Mar. 29, 1993 Yeltsin's Last Stand
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 15
BUSINESS
Big Smiles, Real Teeth
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<p>Three nations meet to beef up North America's trade treaty
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<p> Worried that growing opposition in Congress could imperil the
North American Free Trade Agreement negotiated by President
George Bush last year, the Clinton Administration has promised
to put "real teeth'' in side agreements to the treaty to
protect the environment and workers' rights. Negotiations on
those issues got under way in Washington with smiles on all
sides. Yet the U.S., Mexico and Canada immediately staked out
divergent positions that make a quick accord unlikely.
</p>
<p> Clinton supports NAFTA but wants to create a three-nation
commission to monitor and possibly enforce treaty compliance.
Canada and especially Mexico have warned that such a commission
must not infringe on their sovereignty. If the opposing views
can be reconciled before a tentative summer deadline, Congress
could approve the world's largest free-trade zone by the end of
1993, creating a market with 360 million consumers and goods and
services worth more than $6 trillion annually.
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</body>
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