Free Trade with an Unfree Society: A Commitment and its Consequences

"Free Trade with an Unfree Society: A Commitment and its Consequences," The National Interest, Summer 1995.

In late January fo this year I went to the Senate floor to speak of U.S. relations with Mexico, in the context of the new North American Free Trade Agreement. My theme was one I had touched upon repeatedly since NAFTA was first proposed during the administration of President Bush: free trade with an unfree society. I had been an enthusiastic supporter of the agreement with Canada, but was troubled by the thought of a similar arrangement with Mexico, and for the most elemental reason.

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