Re: fast track

["Max B. Sawicky" <maxsaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Date:          Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:34:07 -0800 (PST)
> Reply-to:      pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From:          Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Thank god fast track is stopped for now.  I was troubled by the framing of
> the debate.  I heard virtually nothing about the Naderite critique -- that
> the trade agreements gave a free hand to corporations to dismantle any
> social or environmental controls, such as the case with the tuna fishing
> and the Venezualan oil.
>
> Nor did I hear anything about the vast array of special deals tucked away
> in GATT or NAFTA.
>
> Were these issues brought up?  If not, why not?

Nader's groups and green issues were quite prominent in the process,
from where I sat.

The special deals were also discussed and as before tended to
undermine the credibility of the entire exercise, not least because
the Administration reneged on a number of deals it had made to
pass NAFTA.  Some Members were not ready to be suckered a
second time.

MBS



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