NORTH AMERICAN UNION TIMELINE -
1980: Ronald Reagan voices idea for North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) — the concept of a “free-trade” agreement is mentioned by Ronald Reagan during his presidential campaign. http://www.wikipedia.org/
December 1993: President Bill Clinton signs NAFTA into law — “NAFTA is a free trade agreement among Canada, the United States, and Mexico. NAFTA went into effect on January 1, 1994. NAFTA is also used to refer to the tripartite trading bloc of North American countries.” http://www.wikipedia.org/
2001: Robert Pastor’s 2001 book, “Toward a North American Community,” calls for the creation of a North American Union — “Much of Pastor’s thinking appears aimed at limiting the power and sovereignty of the United States as we enter this new super-regional entity. Pastor has also called for the creation of a new currency which he has coined the ‘Amero,’ a currency that is proposed to replace the U.S. dollar, the Canadian dollar, and the Mexican peso.” The Plan to Replace the Dollar With the 'Amero' by Jerome R. Corsi, May 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
April 2001: President George W. Bush signs Declaration of Quebec City — “This is a ‘commitment to hemispheric integration’ larded with favorite United Nations doubletalk such as ‘interdependent,’ ‘greater economic integration,’ and ‘sustainable development.’” Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
January 2005: NAFTA railroad proceeds — “KCS takes control of The Texas Mexican Railway Company and the U.S. portion of the International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. Kansas City Southern, or KCS, has just completed putting together what is being called ‘The NAFTA Railroad.’”Coming soon to U.S.: Mexican customs office, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
March 2005: Kansas City signs cooperative pact with Michoacan, Mexico – “According to Smartport.com in March 2005, Kansas City signed a cooperative pact with representatives from the Mexican state of Michoacan, where Lazaro Cardenas is located, to increase the cargo volume between Lazaro Cardenas and Kansas City. The whole point is to move cargo fast, using cheap, below union-wage scale Mexican workers to move the containers from Asia into the heart of the USA.” Coming soon to U.S.: Mexican customs office, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
March 2005: Agreement to build the Texas NAFTA Superhighway — “A ‘Comprehensive Development Agreement’ [is] signed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to build the ‘TTC-35 High Priority Corridor’ parallel to Interstate 35. The contracting party involved a limited partnership formed between Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a publically listed company headquartered in Spain, owned by the Madrid-based Groupo Ferrovial, and a San Antonio-based construction company, Zachry Construction Corp.” Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
March 2005: Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America established (SSPNA) —A joint statement by President Bush, President Fox, and Prime Minister Martin. Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPPNA) reads in part: “Over the past decade, our three nations have taken important steps to expand economic opportunity for our people and to create the most vibrant and dynamic trade relationship in the world. … Our Partnership will accomplish these objectives through a trilateral effort to increase the security, prosperity, and quality of life of our citizens. … The Partnership is trilateral in concept; while allowing any two countries to move forward on an issue, it will create a path for the third to join later.” North American Leaders Unveil Security and Prosperity Partnership, http://usinfo.state.gov/
March 2005: Dept of Commerce creates SSP to implement North American Union — the SSP was never ratified. “Instead, the U.S. Department of Commerce merely created a new division under the same title to implement working groups to advance a North American Union working agenda in a wide range of areas, including: manufactured goods, movement of goods, energy, environment, e-commerce, financial services, business facilitation, food and agriculture, transportation, and health. SPP is headed by three top cabinet level officers of each country. North American Union to Replace USA? Jerome R. Corsi, May 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
April 2005: KCS purchases controlling interests in Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana —“KCS promptly renamed [it] Kansas City Southern de Mexico, or KCSM. … No stop is planned for customs inspection for KCSM trains until the Mexican customs facility located at Kansas City. The only security check planned at the U.S. border with Mexico is electronic, with the KCSM railroad moving along preapproved KCS rail lines.” Coming Soon to U.S.: Mexican Customs Office, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
April 2005: Senate Bill 853 introduced by Senator Richard G. Lugar (IN) and six cosponsors. “The North American Security Cooperative Act (NASCA) is touted as a bill to protect the American public from terrorists by creating the North American Union. The North American Union consists of three countries, U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with open borders, something that is proposed to be in effect by 2010. Thus, it would ensure the fulfillment of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.” NASCA Rips America, April 2005, http://www.freemarketnews.com/
May 2005: CFR Issues its Building a North American Community Report — “The Task Force’s central recommendation is establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter. Unlike previous Council-sponsored Task Forces, this project was international, or trinational to be precise. The membership was comprised of policy practitioners, scholars, and business leaders from each of the three countries. The Task Force held meetings in Toronto, New York, and Monterrey. In this effort, the Council partnered with two outstanding institutions, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales.” From the Introduction by Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, May 2005, http://www.cfr.org/
June 2005: Follow-up SPP meeting was held in Ottawa, Canada — “U.S. representative, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, told a news conference that ‘we want to facilitate the flow of traffic across our borders.’The White House issued a statement that the Ottawa report ‘represents an important first step in achieving the goals of the Security and Prosperity Partnership.’”CFR’s Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
June 2005: Senate Republican Policy Committee policy paper released — “The CFR did not mention the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), but it is obvious that it is part of the scheme. This was made clear by the Senate Republican Policy Committee policy paper released in June 2005. It argued that Congress should pass CAFTA … The Senate Republican policy paper argued that CAFTA ‘will promote democratic governance.’But there is nothing democratic about CAFTA’s many pages of grants of vague authority to foreign tribunals on which foreign judges can force us to change our domestic laws to be ‘no more burdensome than necessary’on foreign trade.” CFR's Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
July 2005: CAFTA [passes] the House of Representatives by a 217-215 vote — “This vote, especially on the Republican side of the isle, does not reflect the views of the American people or the U.S. Constitution. Even many Rush Limbaugh listeners have called in to voice their strong opposition to this so-called ‘free trade agreement.’ In fact, one poll suggests that half of the country’s Republican voters opposed CAFTA!”CAFTA Passes: Dirty Tricks and Devastating Consequences, Scott Ritsema, August 2005, http://www.prisonplanetl.com/
July 2005: Phylis Schafly writes about “The CFR Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada”—“The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has just let the cat out of the bag about what’s really behind our trade agreements and security partnerships with the other North American countries. A 59-page CFR document spells out a five-year plan for the ‘establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community’ with a common ‘outer security perimeter.’” CFR's Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
June 2006: Mexican customs office to open with Kansas City SmartPort — “This will be the first foreign customs facility allowed to operate on U.S. soil. … [The customs office is part of a larger plan for a] NAFTA Super Corridor [that] calls for the construction of a 12-lane highway (six lanes in each direction) along Interstate 35.” Coming soon to U.S.: Mexican customs office, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
June 21, 2006: Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction —“The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is ready to begin construction in 2007, building the first segment of what is planned to be a NAFTA Super Highway stretching from Mexico to Canada. … A brochure on the website of Kansas City’s Smart Port describes the ultimate goal to bring containers from the Far East and China into Mexican ports, such as Lazaro Cardenas, bypassing the Longshoremen’s union in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.” Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
June 2006: Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado. demands superstate accounting from Administration — “Responding to a Worldnetdaily.com report, Tom Tancredo is demanding the Bush administration fully disclose the activities of an office implementing a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that apparently could lead to a North American union, despite having no authorization from Congress.” Tancredo Confronts 'Super-State' Effort, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
Still to come: The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is ready to begin construction in 2007 —“The TTC will build the first segment of what is planned to be a NAFTA Super Highway stretching from Mexico to Canada.” Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
In the works: FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas)
December 1993: President Bill Clinton signs NAFTA into law — “NAFTA is a free trade agreement among Canada, the United States, and Mexico. NAFTA went into effect on January 1, 1994. NAFTA is also used to refer to the tripartite trading bloc of North American countries.” http://www.wikipedia.org/
2001: Robert Pastor’s 2001 book, “Toward a North American Community,” calls for the creation of a North American Union — “Much of Pastor’s thinking appears aimed at limiting the power and sovereignty of the United States as we enter this new super-regional entity. Pastor has also called for the creation of a new currency which he has coined the ‘Amero,’ a currency that is proposed to replace the U.S. dollar, the Canadian dollar, and the Mexican peso.” The Plan to Replace the Dollar With the 'Amero' by Jerome R. Corsi, May 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
April 2001: President George W. Bush signs Declaration of Quebec City — “This is a ‘commitment to hemispheric integration’ larded with favorite United Nations doubletalk such as ‘interdependent,’ ‘greater economic integration,’ and ‘sustainable development.’” Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
January 2005: NAFTA railroad proceeds — “KCS takes control of The Texas Mexican Railway Company and the U.S. portion of the International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. Kansas City Southern, or KCS, has just completed putting together what is being called ‘The NAFTA Railroad.’”Coming soon to U.S.: Mexican customs office, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
March 2005: Kansas City signs cooperative pact with Michoacan, Mexico – “According to Smartport.com in March 2005, Kansas City signed a cooperative pact with representatives from the Mexican state of Michoacan, where Lazaro Cardenas is located, to increase the cargo volume between Lazaro Cardenas and Kansas City. The whole point is to move cargo fast, using cheap, below union-wage scale Mexican workers to move the containers from Asia into the heart of the USA.” Coming soon to U.S.: Mexican customs office, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
March 2005: Agreement to build the Texas NAFTA Superhighway — “A ‘Comprehensive Development Agreement’ [is] signed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to build the ‘TTC-35 High Priority Corridor’ parallel to Interstate 35. The contracting party involved a limited partnership formed between Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a publically listed company headquartered in Spain, owned by the Madrid-based Groupo Ferrovial, and a San Antonio-based construction company, Zachry Construction Corp.” Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
March 2005: Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America established (SSPNA) —A joint statement by President Bush, President Fox, and Prime Minister Martin. Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPPNA) reads in part: “Over the past decade, our three nations have taken important steps to expand economic opportunity for our people and to create the most vibrant and dynamic trade relationship in the world. … Our Partnership will accomplish these objectives through a trilateral effort to increase the security, prosperity, and quality of life of our citizens. … The Partnership is trilateral in concept; while allowing any two countries to move forward on an issue, it will create a path for the third to join later.” North American Leaders Unveil Security and Prosperity Partnership, http://usinfo.state.gov/
March 2005: Dept of Commerce creates SSP to implement North American Union — the SSP was never ratified. “Instead, the U.S. Department of Commerce merely created a new division under the same title to implement working groups to advance a North American Union working agenda in a wide range of areas, including: manufactured goods, movement of goods, energy, environment, e-commerce, financial services, business facilitation, food and agriculture, transportation, and health. SPP is headed by three top cabinet level officers of each country. North American Union to Replace USA? Jerome R. Corsi, May 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
April 2005: KCS purchases controlling interests in Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana —“KCS promptly renamed [it] Kansas City Southern de Mexico, or KCSM. … No stop is planned for customs inspection for KCSM trains until the Mexican customs facility located at Kansas City. The only security check planned at the U.S. border with Mexico is electronic, with the KCSM railroad moving along preapproved KCS rail lines.” Coming Soon to U.S.: Mexican Customs Office, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
April 2005: Senate Bill 853 introduced by Senator Richard G. Lugar (IN) and six cosponsors. “The North American Security Cooperative Act (NASCA) is touted as a bill to protect the American public from terrorists by creating the North American Union. The North American Union consists of three countries, U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with open borders, something that is proposed to be in effect by 2010. Thus, it would ensure the fulfillment of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.” NASCA Rips America, April 2005, http://www.freemarketnews.com/
May 2005: CFR Issues its Building a North American Community Report — “The Task Force’s central recommendation is establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter. Unlike previous Council-sponsored Task Forces, this project was international, or trinational to be precise. The membership was comprised of policy practitioners, scholars, and business leaders from each of the three countries. The Task Force held meetings in Toronto, New York, and Monterrey. In this effort, the Council partnered with two outstanding institutions, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales.” From the Introduction by Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, May 2005, http://www.cfr.org/
June 2005: Follow-up SPP meeting was held in Ottawa, Canada — “U.S. representative, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, told a news conference that ‘we want to facilitate the flow of traffic across our borders.’The White House issued a statement that the Ottawa report ‘represents an important first step in achieving the goals of the Security and Prosperity Partnership.’”CFR’s Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
June 2005: Senate Republican Policy Committee policy paper released — “The CFR did not mention the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), but it is obvious that it is part of the scheme. This was made clear by the Senate Republican Policy Committee policy paper released in June 2005. It argued that Congress should pass CAFTA … The Senate Republican policy paper argued that CAFTA ‘will promote democratic governance.’But there is nothing democratic about CAFTA’s many pages of grants of vague authority to foreign tribunals on which foreign judges can force us to change our domestic laws to be ‘no more burdensome than necessary’on foreign trade.” CFR's Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
July 2005: CAFTA [passes] the House of Representatives by a 217-215 vote — “This vote, especially on the Republican side of the isle, does not reflect the views of the American people or the U.S. Constitution. Even many Rush Limbaugh listeners have called in to voice their strong opposition to this so-called ‘free trade agreement.’ In fact, one poll suggests that half of the country’s Republican voters opposed CAFTA!”CAFTA Passes: Dirty Tricks and Devastating Consequences, Scott Ritsema, August 2005, http://www.prisonplanetl.com/
July 2005: Phylis Schafly writes about “The CFR Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada”—“The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has just let the cat out of the bag about what’s really behind our trade agreements and security partnerships with the other North American countries. A 59-page CFR document spells out a five-year plan for the ‘establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community’ with a common ‘outer security perimeter.’” CFR's Plan to Integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada, July 2005, http://www.eagleforum.org/
June 2006: Mexican customs office to open with Kansas City SmartPort — “This will be the first foreign customs facility allowed to operate on U.S. soil. … [The customs office is part of a larger plan for a] NAFTA Super Corridor [that] calls for the construction of a 12-lane highway (six lanes in each direction) along Interstate 35.” Coming soon to U.S.: Mexican customs office, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
June 21, 2006: Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction —“The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is ready to begin construction in 2007, building the first segment of what is planned to be a NAFTA Super Highway stretching from Mexico to Canada. … A brochure on the website of Kansas City’s Smart Port describes the ultimate goal to bring containers from the Far East and China into Mexican ports, such as Lazaro Cardenas, bypassing the Longshoremen’s union in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.” Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
June 2006: Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado. demands superstate accounting from Administration — “Responding to a Worldnetdaily.com report, Tom Tancredo is demanding the Bush administration fully disclose the activities of an office implementing a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that apparently could lead to a North American union, despite having no authorization from Congress.” Tancredo Confronts 'Super-State' Effort, June 2006, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
Still to come: The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is ready to begin construction in 2007 —“The TTC will build the first segment of what is planned to be a NAFTA Super Highway stretching from Mexico to Canada.” Texas Segment of NAFTA Super Highway Nears Construction, Jerome R. Corsi, June 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/
In the works: FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas)
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