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* "Increased trade opportunities made available to Mexico 

 via the NAFTA is a better way to gain agreement on 

 these issues than threatening sanctions." 



One of the authors of the study, Peter Morisi, the head of 

 the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine, said, 

 "There is strong economic logic for the side deal negotiations. 

 Nonetheless such discussions are no more and no less an affront 

 to Mexican sovereignty than Mexican efforts to seek contraints on 

 U.S. and Canadian application of dumping and other trade remedy 

 laws would be an affront to U.S. and Canadian sovereignty." 



A complete copy of the report can be obtained from the 

 National Planning Association, 1424 16th St., N.W. , Suite 700, 

 Washington, D.C. 20036. I would like to encourage the members of 

 the Committee to obtain a copy. 



Thank you for allowing the Grange to present its position on 

 this matter. We would like to request that this statement be made 

 part of the hearing record on the NAFTA. 



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