I think this is an interesting idea--unfortunately, the groups in a position to set up international pressure on nafta, mainly unions, do not seem to be doing a great job of international communication. This is too bad, because there are strong union structures in all three countries which could probably go a long way to stop some of the most excessive ecological abuses. This is one case where the narrow economist mission of most established industrial unions the the USA is really holding up the long run interests of labor. maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 97-05-16 03:48:22 EDT, you write: >Granting Maggie Coleman's important point that the EU is somewhat >"grounded" democratically and that NAFTA essentially is not, how many >PEN-Lers think it is a worthwhile political project to push for the >creation of some democratic, trinational institution in North America? >Some of us (including me) would like at the very least that the world >trading system be modified to allow countries to pursue alternative >environmental and social policies without fear of having them classified >as non-tariff barriers and dismantled. This type of objective does not >seem to fit neatly within an agenda of creating a continental government. > >Steven Zahniser >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
