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'*What about the trilateral commissions on labor and environ- 

 ment? Won't this tread on sovereignty?" 



"I can do that." 



"But the citizens of Mexico ought to have the ability to raise all 

 sorts of court challenges" — or what I call the Mexican Trial Law- 

 yers Full Emplo3rment Act. 



"I can do that." 



Then at the last part of the ad, he would look in the television 

 and say, "How am I going to do this?" 



I really don't know how you're going to do all of this. It seems 

 to me that you have a little more bushy-tailed questions on the 

 Democrat' side than our Republicans. Maybe we can whisper sweet 

 nothings to them as this gets down to its final conclusion. They are 

 always very amenable to that. I am not sure they are going to take 

 our advice, but we definitely need an agreement. 



You have your work really cut out for you. I don't know how 

 you're going to do this. It seems to me that you have some para- 

 doxes of enormous irony here that we have to resolve. But the 

 farmer would never put the seed in the ground if he wasn't an opti- 

 mist and had a little faith, so I have faith in you, sir. We will 

 pledge to you on our side that we will work with you to the best 

 of our ability. I wish you luck and thank you so much for your ap- 

 pearance. 



I don't think I have asked you a question, but if you would care 

 to make an observation, I would be delighted to hear you. 



Ambassador Kantor. I appreciate your comments. I do feel a lit- 

 tle like the circus performer on a high wire act trying not to lose 

 my balgmce as we go forward. But the President has issued this 

 challenge to all of us to make this happen. I think in working to- 

 gether we can do it. It's not going to be easy. 



Mr. Roberts. I have a small manufacturer in Osborne, Kansas. 

 He makes more equipment connected with the pork business than 

 you can ever imagine. We have hog warmers, hog pens, hog coolers, 

 everything you can imagine. He just doubled his plant. With 

 NAFTA, he says he will triple it. Value-added, small manufactur- 

 ing all up and down our rural areas that everybody here is really 

 worried about. 



I think we have to have this agreement, Mr. Ambassador, so I 

 wish you luck. 



Ambassador Kantor. Let me make just one comment. Our ex- 

 ports to Mexico have grown three-fold over the last few years in 

 just a very short period of time. We have had a trade deficit just 

 a couple of years ago and now we have a trade surplus of $6 billion 

 with Mexico. It is a growing market. That is the good news that 

 hasn't been articulated here. 



And let me say that it is also the good news hopefully in the fu- 

 ture for everyone around here. That won't mean that there won't 

 be some temporary dislocation. I would be a fool to say that there 

 won't be. It does mean, I believe, a NAFTA with the proper supple- 

 mental agreements would be in the best interests of this country 

 and will make the situation substantially better than it is today. 



Mr. English. Mr. Ambassador, I, too, want to thank you for com- 

 ing today. I don't believe there are any further questions. 



