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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: Groups Denounce GATT, NAFTA in Ad
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- ** Topic: Groups Denounce GATT, NAFTA in Ad **
- ** Written 9:34 am Dec 18, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:headlines **
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- /* Written 9:59 am Dec 14, 1992 by kmander in igc:trade.strategy */
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- ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSUMER GROUPS RIP GATT, NAFTA IN AD
-
- A coalition of environmental and consumer groups sponsored a full-page
- advertisement in three major U.S. newspapers today accusing President Bush of
- rushing to complete the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) before President-elect Bill Clinton
- assumes office January 20.
-
- The ad encourages people to write Bush, Clinton and House Majority Leader
- Richard Gephardt (D-Missouri) demanding an end to efforts to enact GATT and
- NAFTA. The groups said the agreements would endanger jobs, health, food safety,
- the environment and threaten the sovereignty of the U.S. and other
- countries by enabling "the world's largest corporations to circumvent
- democracy and kill those local and national laws that protect people and
- the planet."
-
- The statement ran in today's NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST and LITTLE ROCK
- GAZETTE under the headline "Sabotage of America's Health, Food Safety, and
- Environmental Laws." It was signed by the Sierra Club, Greenpeace U.S.A, the
- Foundation on Economic Trends, Public Citizen and 17 other organizations.
-
- Source: "Sabotage! of America's Health, Food Safety, and Environmental Laws,"
- NEW YORK TIMES (national edition), December 14, 1992, p. A12.
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