Speaker. it took the European Community nearly 30 years of negotiations and careful amendment before integrating the lower wage nations of that continent Into the Europe of 1992 that we know today. So. I ask. "Whats our rush when such a process requires our careful attention to such matters as a North American fair wage labor and benefit standard. environmental protections. agricultural standards. border protections. and many other items?" Let us be sensible. and do what is right. and not rush this through to meet some other nations election deadlines. Competitive advantage is not built on cheap labor. nor on escaping to tax havens nor avoiding environmental standards. Rather it results from investment in increased R&D. education. and our own industrial base. .More than 1.000 Americanowned plants generate hazardous waste but only 30 percent of these have complied with Mexican rules requiring them to file information on how they handle those wastes. according to a report issued last November by the Governments equivalent of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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