LOOKING NORTH? Mexican President Carlos Salinas de...
LOOKING NORTH? Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari seized the politically charged North American Free Trade Agreement as an answer to the problem of illegal border crossings. . . . “They are like pole-vaulters; there’s no wall high enough,” he told a group of visiting Orange County business leaders led by U.S. Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Newport Beach). . . . The agreement, he insisted Monday, will not jeopardize jobs of American workers and will persuade Mexican workers to stay home.
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