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exports. Otherwise, we must take resources out of agriculture in 

 order to maintain a balance between supply and demand at reason- 

 able prices. That means even fewer farms and fewer farmers. 



Mexico is just the beginning. Three-quarters of mankind 

 lives in squalor. Our economic future lies in using our nation's 

 productive capacity to relieve the awful suffering of the great 

 bulk of the world's people. No amount of foreign aid can accom- 

 plish this task. Only foreign trade holds the key to world 

 prosperity. 



We strongly support the NAFTA, and urge its approval by the 

 U.S. Congress. To conclude that the United States stands to lose 

 by eliminating trade barriers with Mexico, a small economically- 

 depressed nation, takes some mighty creative reasoning. In the 

 short run, we may have to restructure parts of our economy so 

 that poorer nations can more robustly consume our farm and 

 industrial goods and services in the long run. The world had to 

 restructure demand to bring about an end to the Great Depression. 

 World War II was the primary reason behind that restructuring. 

 Now we have a chance to accomplish it through peaceful means - 

 trade expansion through regional and international trade agree- 

 ments. 



The Grange will have to wait and see what the President's 

 side agreements on labor and tne environment bring before we can 

 endorse their content. However, we do not believe that a side 

 agreement on import surges is necessary because there is ample 

 protection in the present Agreement's language. 



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