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 Business News | June 2006 
Mexican Candidates Question NAFTA
 Truth About Trade & Technology
| | Mexican presidential candidates questioned supposed benefits the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has reported to the nation. |
Mexican presidential candidates questioned supposed benefits the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has reported to the nation.
"We have not had foreign policy in 12 years, because we thought NAFTA would solve everything," Patricia Mercado, candidate of the Social Democratic and Farmers Alternative party, deplored.
Tuesday evening, in the second and last debate among contenders for the July 2 presidential elections, Mercado said reestablishing relations with Latin America was an imperative for Mexico.
Another nominee, Roberto Campa, of the New Alliance Party, asserted that only a part of the nation has been benefited by NAFTA and negotiations with the US have not gone well.
He said if he wins the vote, his administration will focus on protecting interests of the nation and people.
Roberto Madrazo, runner of the Alliance for Mexico, made up of the Institutional Revolutionary and Ecologist Green parties, promised to reconstruct bonds with Latin American and the Caribbean and work for better deals with the European Union and reaching a favorable migration agreement with the US.
Meanwhile, candidate from For the Good of All Coalition, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also pleaded for developing a measured foreign policy but Felipe Calderon, of the ruling National Action Party, said that Mexico should lead international forums and parley a pact with northern states for them to invest in the poor areas of the country.
Candidates also tackled federalism and agreed on the need to eradicate inequality in the Aztec country. |
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