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From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [PEN-L:25836] fast track
The Dems. got a little, then caved. Sad.
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5-10-02
Trade Bill Faces Senate Challenge
By JIM ABRAMS
The Dems. got a little, then caved. Sad.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.senate.gov/~finance/hr062001.htm
You have to click/read the Committee members statements first or else
you'll get a connection failure message. I'm posting because they
invited John Sweeney to speak and his testimony is available.
Ian
Michael's information seems very important. Would other people like to
comment, especially on the speculation that the liberal democrats will
accept the fast track.
In a wierd way, it could help the liberals in the limited objective, by
firing up the red meat repugs, thus making the Shrub's
its NAFTA neighbors by
more than 44% and creating at least 311,000 jobs. But the
Made in the USA Foundation contends the trade agreement has
cost more than 400,000 American jobs. Last year, fierce
grass-roots resistance forced the White House to abandon an
effort to gain the fast-track authority that
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Subject: 'Fast Track' Rides Back on Africa Bill
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Washington Post Wednesday, July 22, 1998; Page A04
'Fast Track' Rides Back on Africa Bill
By Guy Gugliotta
A Senate
On House Fast Track
Date: Monday, February 16, 1998 11:16PM
Something to consider **JULIE**
Although the following from the February, 1998, "Church State", a
publication of Americans United For Separation of Church and State, is
not
directly a gay and lesbian issue, the ram
is that the move to stop "Fast Track" for international
freebooters in the House of Representatives has gotten the attention of
the Washington elites. The bad news is that the corporate lobby not only
will make another run at the House to pass Fast Track this spring, but
it will seek to b
Max,
Jim Cullen's response, while I disagree with it, was thoughtful and
to the point. Yours, on the other hand, was shameless parodying and
misrepresentation of my viewpoint. (I don't mind humorous barbs -- in fact I
have enjoyed your frequent humorous barbs -- but now you've entered the
At 09:02 AM 12/3/97 -0600, William Lear wrote:
Who is "you"? Could you insert the person's name to whom you are
responding? It makes following the thread a bit easier.
Sorry. This is a shortcoming of my mail application.
Not all of the Reform Party positions are compatible with
progressive
Raged John Gulick:
Excuse me, but if the "progressive populist" movement has not enough
moral imagination to oppose free trade agreements and the MAI because
of the destitution these policies/laws/institutions wreak upon workers
and peasants in "developing countries," and instead gets all up
At 09:02 AM 12/3/97 -0600, William Lear wrote, responding to John Gulick:
Who is "you"? Could you insert the person's name to whom you are
responding? It makes following the thread a bit easier.
Sorry. This is a shortcoming of my mail application.
Not all of the Reform Party positions are
From: john gulick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Max,
Jim Cullen's response, while I disagree with it, was thoughtful and
to the point. Yours, on the other hand, was shameless parodying and
misrepresentation of my viewpoint. (I don't mind humorous barbs -- in fact I
A parody is indeed a
At 07:09 PM 12/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
Not all of the Reform Party positions are compatible with
progressive populism. But progressive populists ought to work with the
Reformers on common issues such as opening the ballot to alternative
parties, campaign finance reform, fair trade laws and
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THE PROGRESSIVE POPULIST:
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE HEARTLAND
December 1997 -- Volume 3, Number 12
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EDITORIAL
Fast Track is Down,
But the Game's Not Over
The people won a round
Subject: Re: fast track
The deals to which I referred were not the special payments to compliant
congressional representatives, but the corporate deals tucked in the
earlier agreements. Had anyone addressed them?
Sure.
Also, the Naderite discussions that I heard gave references
undermining of food safety, [topic also of a report last month:
"Fast Track to Unsafe Food"] we hammered on the Ethyl and Metalclad cases as
evidence for how NAFTA and similar FTAs (e.g. WTO) undermine environmental
regulation (as predicted).
Robert Naiman
Public Citizen -- Global Trade Watch
Thank god fast track is stopped for now. I was troubled by the framing of
the debate. I heard virtually nothing about the Naderite critique -- that
the trade agreements gave a free hand to corporations to dismantle any
social or environmental controls, such as the case with the tuna fishing
The deals to which I referred were not the special payments to compliant
congressional representatives, but the corporate deals tucked in the
earlier agreements. Had anyone addressed them?
Also, the Naderite discussions that I heard gave references to protecting
the environment without
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:34:07 -0800 (PST)
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From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank god fast track is stopped for now. I was troubled by the framing of
the debate. I heard virtually nothing about the Naderite critique
immediate next step in the wake of the Fast
Track outcome is to propose an alternative approach
to trade which can be used to counter any repeat
attempt to pass Fast Track (a virtual certainty), but
more important to build support for a positive
alternative. Suggestions in this vein and supportin
Thanks, Mij, for that informative report. The question now in everyone's
mind inside the beltway is how much collateral damage the Oval Office will
sustain from this latest Fast Track setback.
Now turning to sports . . .
Midcourse Correction on Midterm Elections? White House Advisors Discuss
Quoth John Gulick, re some NYT potherings:
This is preposterous, pathetic, and hilarious all at the same time. Clinton
touts "spreading the ideals of American democracy (sic)" as one of the virtues
of FTA's, and then not only subverts it in practice in the U.S., but also
philosophically
Peter DeFazio had a nice reply to this business about special
interests.
From "'Fast Track' Comes Down to the Wire" p. A2, WSJ 10 November
1997:
Mr. Clinton personally lobbied Democrats, but found the going
rough and at times showed his temper. An Oval Office meeting with
Demo
Midcourse Correction on Midterm Elections? White House Advisors Discuss
Breaking New Ground in "Fast Track" Strategy
by
Mij Evined, staff reporter
(Washington, DC, Nov. 11, 1997) Informed observers point to a recent change
in the mood at the White House today, after the embarrass
Nita Lowey's office reports that she will vote against fast track. A rather
conservative Democrat, she was reported as undecided in today's NY Times.
Maybe the tide is running against the Administration, unless Clinton has more
goodies up his sleeve. June Zaccone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From today's _NYT_,
Clinton argued that if the House vote were taken in secret, "it would pass
overwhelmingly," but that members of Congress were under intense pressure
to vote against the measure, an oblique reference to the political clout
of organized labor, which opposes it. He accused
Never underestimate the power of pork, not to mention graft and greed.
At 09:56 PM 10/30/97 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
I thought that Congressional leaders were very reluctant to schedule a vote
whose outcome they didn't know in advance.
This is beginning to sound like the NAFTA vote, which
I thought that Congressional leaders were very reluctant to schedule a vote
whose outcome they didn't know in advance.
This is beginning to sound like the NAFTA vote, which looked dicey at
first, but finally the recalcitrants came around to do their class duty
Doug
: Re: VOTE SCHEDULED ON FAST TRACK NOVEMBER 7
Max said that it was dead. Why would they bother to vote on it?
I said it was on its deathbed. Latest scuttlebut is
the other side hopes a vote will get undecideds
off the fence and onto their side. We'll see.
Like Dracula, it will rise
can we generate an economists' statement countering
the one insisting that labor rights and enviro standards not be linked to
fast
track (repted in passel column wednesday wsj), i.e. arguing that there
is
no economic reason why labor and enviro should have less status than
intellectual property
There was a blue moon last night
and today the Washington Post ran
an op-ed critical of free trade. The
column nicely encapsulates the left's
position.
MBS
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Tied to The Fast Track
By John Cavanagh and Sarah Anderson
eamsters
donated $475,000 from the union's general
treasury to Citizen Action and $175,000 to
another organization that was not named. The
money donated to the Carey campaign was
then used to help pay for the direct mailings,
according to prosecutors.
Swoboda reported from Washington; Walsh
reported from N
Guest Opinion
Journal of Commerce
September 19, 1997
Who needs fast track?
BY LORI WALLACH
The Clinton administration's bill to establish a new grant of
"fast track" trade authority constrains a president's ability to
address environmental and labor issues until 2004.
Given the
Michael is right. I apologise for not stating whom he was quoting.
Bill Burgess ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Department of Geography, Tel: (604) 822-2663
University of British Columbia, B.C. Fax: (604) 822-6150
On Tue, 9
Jim-
The bigger picture may change your mind about the protection of the food
supply. The U.S. produces and exports the very pesticides that you are
worried about reentering the states via Mexican food exports. If we were
really worried about protecting the U.S. instead of protecting corporate
Wednesday, September 10, 1997 Los Angeles Times
No 'Fast Track' Without Safety Measures
Trade: Workers and the environment need guarantees up front
that they
will be part of any presidential deal.
By HARLEY SHAIKEN
U.S. GREEN GROUPS REJECT NWF PLAN TO NEGOTIATE FAST-TRACK DEMANDS
Inside U.S. Trade, Vol. 15, No. 36, September 5, 1997
U.S. GREEN GROUPS REJECT NWF PLAN TO NEGOTIATE FAST-TRACK DEMANDS
A major U.S. environmental organization this week failed to convince
other green groups to enter
rade.
It is true that certain sectors of U.S. business have been affected
adversely and certain workers have seen their jobs transferred to Mexico.
But this does not mean that NAFTA has had an overall negative impact on
trade, investment, consumer prices, and job creation. Expanding NAFTA and
givin
Erik,
I agree with you that the problem is global corporations, and we should ban
the production of harmful chemicals. I certainly am no defender of the
chemical producers, who also have managed to shield themselves from
liability for their exports. Nor am I a defender of the agricorporations
THE PRESIDENT WILL INTRODUCE FAST TRACK THIS WEEK!
he wants the Congress to give him authority to negotiate trade pacts
(starting with NAFTA expansion and eventually the MAI)
in a way that excludes congressional participation in the process (limited
debate, no amendments, up-or-down vote
Blaming Mexicans for bad food and drugs is a reactionary
approach. Blaming NAFTA for job losses implies capitalism without NAFTA
would be just fine. Citing 'border ecology' against industry in Mexico
is incredible hypocracy. These are yuppie Perot arguments - lets oppose
NAFTA for **good**
Bill and List:
I would appreciate it if, when you reply to an article I have posted, you
identify the author rather than me or make clear that I am not the author
but only the person who posted the article. To read Bill's response, one
would think I wrote the comments on NAFTA. I will take
Latest hot rumor about fast track legislation,
previously scheduled to be released Sept 10:
The White House is reportedly alarmed by the
volume of Democratic opposition to fast track
piling up, not least for the presidential prospects
of VP Al Gore. They are talking to union leaders
about some
Bill Burgess wrote:
Blaming Mexicans for bad food and drugs is a reactionary
approach. Blaming NAFTA for job losses implies capitalism without NAFTA
would be just fine. Citing 'border ecology' against industry in Mexico
is incredible hypocracy. These are yuppie Perot arguments - lets
The object of the previous post's wrath was
a single, partial info sheet, part of a sea of material
that is being developed and circulated.
Blaming Mexicans for bad food and drugs is a reactionary
approach.
The blame is on unregulated markets, not
Mexicans. This choice of translation
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Michael Eisenscher quoted:
1)NAFTA has created new problems.
Our food supply is less safe. Due to the increase in border traffic
in meat and produce, more food with dangerous pesticide residues or
bacteria is getting to our kitchens. Less than 1 percent of
debate on whether to give President Clinton
"fast track" authorization in forthcoming trade negotiations. Under fast
track authorization, the President would not be required to submit the
individual provisions of new trade agreements to the scrutiny and approval
by Congress. The final trea
For more information on Fast Track, NAFTA and MAI, call Public
Citizen at 202-546-4996
or check the website http://www.rtk.net/preamble
Preamble's phone # is: 202-265-3263
Public Citizen's web site is : http://www.citizen.org
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch site may be accessed at
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