World IN BRIEF : CANADA : Salinas Urges Free Trade With Mexico
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari told the House of Commons in Ottawa that Canadians have nothing to fear and much to gain from free trade with Mexico and creation of a three-way North American trade alliance with the United States. President Bush endorsed Salinas’ proposals at a meeting Sunday in Houston. Opponents of a trilateral pact, particularly labor unions, fear that cheap Mexican wages and lower environmental standards will lure U.S. and Canadian businesses south.
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