Renegotiate NAFTA, new Green party leader says(Canada)

[CHIMO]

Renegotiate NAFTA, new Green party leader says
Last Updated Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:38:06 EDT
CBC News

The new leader of the Green Party of Canada has called on the government to give notice to the U.S. that it wants to end the free-trade deal.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/08/26/greens.html

http://www.cbc.ca/clips/rm-newsworld/may-2speech060826.rm

[Deja Q]

1. Too late.

Oh, the US also gets to take Canada's energy supplies in the event of a crisis.

Gotta beware with businessmen before you sign.

It'll be fun to see how their little tussle pans out... :popcorn:

Interesting how she mentions our spending is endangering the world economy when our own say it's due to not having enough globalization and protectionism... I'm more inclined to agree with her as globalization is helping everyone except the US, and the US is still the pillar of the world economy.

[davidwparker]

2. Sure. Pull out just like Kyoto. Was this signed by the President or was it

ratified by Congress?

[krispos42]

3. Good for the Greens

Doesn't matter a whit, but good that they are taking a stand.

Under United States law it is classed as a congressional-executive agreement rather than a treaty, reflecting a peculiar sense of the term "treaty" in United States constitutional law that is not followed by international law or the laws of other states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional-executive_agreement