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I should also point out that the Republicans that voted against Clinton's NAFTA proposal were being partisan. NAFTA had a lot of labour and environmental regulations but it was overwhelmingly a free trade agreement (althought it did not come close to created a level playing field as Ty would want it). The business community was solidly behind it. The Republicans that came out against it because it wasn't "really free trade" were realy just chossing partisanship over principle. They came out against it because Clinton signed it. On CAFTA there were some Republicans that are not really pro-free trade who voted for it because they just wanted to give Bush a win. They were being partisan also.
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