It is also important to note that NAFTA does not restrict the United States ability to adopt more stringent environmental. safety. or other standards than Canada or Mexico. The agreement merely requires that such standards be based on scientific principles and that they are applied in a nondiscriminatory fashion. What about immigrationlegal or illegal? Greater trade and economic growth should enable Mexico to allocate more resources to the protection of its own environment. It should also help alleviate some pressures for Mexicans to emigrate to the United States in search of employment. although I believe that substantial relief from the incredible and expensive tide of illegal aliens to the United States from and through Mexico will be possible only in the longer term. This is a very big and growing problem for the United States. and. realistically. NAFTA will not offer much shortterm relief.
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