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3) To assure harmonization of the environmental and labor 

 regulations in Mexico, provisions must be made In a side 

 agreement to mandate the effective monitoring and enforcement of 

 compliance efforts in Mexico. 



4) A database of Mexican and U.S. agriculture, trade, production 

 and commerce must be developed, maintained and funded in order to 

 assess NAFTA'a impact on the agriculture sector. The database 

 should have the capability to track commodity specific data for 

 import sensitive crops, information on the agricultural 

 workforce, trade levels and environmental conditions in major 

 export-producing regions. 



5) A price-based and expedited special safeguard mechanism for 

 sensitive agricultural commodities must be included In the 

 agreement. Agricultural commodity markets are too volatile and 

 react with too much speed to be addressed adequately with the 

 volume-based safeguard mechanism found in the current agreement. 

 THIS price-based special safeguard mechanism should apply to all 

 import sensitive agricultural commodities. Language regarding 

 specific commodities has already been brought to the attention of 

 U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor. 



6) Mexico must not be allowed to ship to the United States any 

 commodity which Mexico is not at the time already verifiably 

 self-sufficient. This self-sufficiency can not be achieved by 

 substituting another commodity in order to reduce Mexican 

 domestic consumption of the commodity which Mexico desires to 

 ship to the United States. 



We respectfully request the inclusion of these recommendations as side 

 agreements are formulated to the North American Free Trade Agreement. 

 We look forward to hearing from you on these issues as soon as 

 possible. 



Sincerely, 



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Rep. Tom Lewis 



Rep. Charles Canady Cr 



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