" r. Speaker. today I am Introducing a resolution concerning the negotiation and enactment of a United StatesMexico free trade agreement. For some time. I have felt that unilateral solutions to the problems our two countries face will ultimately fail. The problems we face todaydrugs. illegal immigration. povertydo not respect artificial borders. It Is no different with our respective economies. It is foolhardy to believe that somehow we can ignore each other and still prosper. The simple fact is that our two countries need each other and as international economic competition heats up. that dependency will likely grow. It had been assumed. however. that a free trade agreement would not soon be possible because the bulk of Mexicans would not support an alliance with the United States.
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The paragraph generalizes that the bulk of Mexicans would not support an alliance with the United States.