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    20 Years Later Mexico May Be NAFTA’s Biggest Winner

    Julian Beltrame - Canadian Press
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    While there are some in Mexico who would dispute the characterization of their country as the big winner, the numbers make a strong case.

    Mexico’s manufacturing sector, and particularly the auto industry, has been a big beneficiary. Mexico is now estimated to be the world’s 13th largest economy with total output similar to Canada.

    "Mexico at the time was the smallest, now the Mexican and Canadian economies are similar in size," he points out. "One of the big stories in Mexico has been the slow but steady emergence of a middle class that’s now about half of the country."
    20 Years Later Mexico May Be NAFTA’s Biggest Winner


    Twenty years after the Free Trade Agreement was signed, Mexico has emerged as a forward-looking country with expanding global reach, a handful of world-class corporations, and a ballooning middle class.

    The North American Free Trade Deal was an important step for all three members, but the evidence points to Mexico — at the time the weak sister in the group that included two G7 economies, the United States, and Canada — as by far the biggest winner.

    On the 20th anniversary of the pact, Mexico - in 1994, an insular, economic basket case — has in two decades emerged as a forward-looking country with expanding global reach, a handful of world-class corporations, and a ballooning middle class.


    Ross Perot, who twice ran for US president in the 1990's and made his name as an anti - NAFTA crusader, generally saw that coming, although he focused his barbs on what the US would lose in what he termed "the giant sucking sound of jobs going south."

    Perot’s fear was that US firms would flock to where labor costs were cheapest. To an extent that has happened, and it can be argued that Canada too lost critical manufacturing jobs to Mexico. While there are some in Mexico who would dispute the characterization of their country as the big winner, the numbers make a strong case.

    Mexico under NAFTA had a rough start, because of a coincidental pesos crash just as the deal was getting under way. But the country has grown into one of the more robust emerging economies with exports of about $1 billion a day, more than 10 times what they were in 1994.

    Mexico is now estimated to be the world’s 13th largest economy with total output similar to Canada’s, although on a per capita basis it still lags. "I think NAFTA has been excellent for Mexico," says economist Jaime Serra Puche, the Mexican trade minister at the time, adding it would have worked even better if Mexico had not waited almost twenty years to bring in internal reforms to the economy.

    "Now with the reforms that are finally taking place I think we are going to gain competitiveness and the platform that has been constructed mostly for exports and manufacturing is going to become stronger."

    Some of that has come at the expense of Canada, or so believes Jim Stanford, an economist with the Unifor union. Under the deal, Mexico has gone from a bit player in the North American auto sector to the second-largest participant with almost 20 percent of total production, compared with Canada’s 16 percent.

    "Heavy truck shipments in Canada collapsed by 75 percent between 2006 and 2011. It’s an incredible example of a manufacturing catastrophe and NAFTA was absolutely a key part of it," he says. Serra and others who have studied post-NAFTA impacts agree that Mexico’s manufacturing sector, and particularly the auto industry, has been a big beneficiary.

    But they don’t give all the credit to the deal. Even before 1994, Mexico had started on the road to trade liberalization and economic stability, by giving its central bank independence, for instance. NAFTA may have been the last and most important piece of the puzzle, but not the only one, they say.
    verall, trade deals are often oversold by both proponents and critics, says Angeles Villarreal, a trade specialist with the US Congressional Research Service who co-authored a paper on the deal earlier this year. "It didn’t benefit as much as the optimists predicted, but also the negative effects weren’t as severe. There weren’t huge job losses," she says.

    On the plus side for Mexico, the auto industry has taken off, skills have improved, and manufacturing has increased, and not just low-skilled factory jobs, she says.

    On the negative side, there were losers as well, particularly firms propped up by high tariff walls and small subsistence farmers, although even here the evidence is unclear.

    Villarreal says it’s difficult to separate the NAFTA effect on farming from that of land reform that came at about the same time. Christopher Wilson of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington says while there were losers, NAFTA has to be considered an overall success for the country.

    "Mexico at the time was the smallest, now the Mexican and Canadian economies are similar in size," he points out. "One of the big stories in Mexico has been the slow but steady emergence of a middle class that’s now about half of the country."

    "It’s not the same as the middle class in the US or Canada, but it does mean they are not in poverty, they now own a car, they go to the movies, they take a vacation. It’s transforming the country," he says.

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    H2 Note: From an early article opposing NAFTA and hailing the dangers of the 'Amero' (which never happened), the loss of American jobs, and the loss of American sovereignty to globalist corporations and our industrial base going to China.

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    A NEW COUNTRY



    Well, friend, this must be your lucky day because we happen to have a new country for you right here where you live. It's called the North American Union. (Read: Council On Foreign Relations - Building A North American Community) It's a little known merger between the US, Canada and Mexico and was actually signed into existence by the "leaders" of these three countries back in 2005.

    Planned under the cover of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, right down to the smallest detail, with the three government's total cooperation and assistance, of course. They've built one of the largest seaports in the world in Mexico, bringing products in, mostly from, China, begun construction of the largest super-highway system in the world, the Trans-Texas Corridor (or NAFTA Superhighway) in the US, which they will soon test with 100 hundred Mexican trucking companies flooding the U.S with trucks and truck drivers coequally testing the REAL ID's, to go along with the completed construction of the largest truck depot in the world located in Kansas (Kansas City Smart Port, Official Website), and of course, one of the largest airports, still to be expanded, in Denver as part of their "Port to Plane" project. (emphasis added)



    The maps for dividing North America into six territories are all laid out, highways, new Capital (Denver, where a second, or shadow, government is already in operation in Colorado Springs), infrastructure, martial law to keep order, of course, and all this has been going on right under your nose. Most citizens will likely beg for this merger, as the government will tell us that the North American Union and the AMERO will certainly save us from our useless dollar. (In much the same way as these useful idiots begged for the Healthcare bill I suppose) Of course, it's just another trick, sleight of hand, because it's the opposite in fact.

    Just look to the Fortune 500 hundred companies as most of them in anticipation of this merger have already set up their new corporate offices in London, but mostly Dubai to avoid the collapse that will be coming. (Well, I'm not sure what to make of this because it's reported that Dubai is facing financial collapse unless that's just spin (Web search any of this and find out all you want to know. "Trans Texas Corridor" is a good one. "North American Union" and "AMERO" are others.) It's all right there in front of us. And, it can be, because the media is owned by the same Fortune 500 corporations who stand to profit by the new country's laws or shall we say lack there of. Legalized monopolies for starters. Do you know who owns Fox, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, New York Times, etc.? Different corporations that have nothing to do with news own these media networks. Let's not forget the word "network".

    These giants plant stories on the little stations in each market, filling them full of garbage and sound bites that keep everything consistent from the local level to national. They monitor each one, baiting them with promotion possibilities of anchors and reporters moving to larger markets or even up to the Network level if they stay in line and report what they are told. Corporations run the government, banks run the government, elitists run the government and this is only the beginning... (emphasis added)

    The master plan is called, "The Project for the New American Century", it was laid out years in advance. It could only happen, as they the planners said themselves, with a new Pearl Harbor. Enacting the laws (Patriot Act I & II, Military Commissions Act, REAL ID Act) that would be needed to set in motion the new territory (North American Union) helped by a crashing dollar setting up more Pearl Harbors (false flag/fake attacks blaming them on Iran or Syria, etc., so they can start a most likely nuclear invasion, creating a panic in the U.S. that will lead to Martial Law, etc.) until they have what they need to complete a One World Government, one connected currency through the World Bank, with one ID system for every human on the planet and we, the taxed to death people, will fund it as we are their faithful non-thinking, non-questioning, do as we are told, powerless feeling, subjects, or slaves as we really are, living in conditioned denial. (Conditioned denial indeed. We are conditioned to deem those question what happened on 9/11 as crazy, wacko conspiracy theorist and dismiss them immediately. Why? Because if one looks at the evidence they may draw the right conclusion.)

    This plan has been tweaked and messed with for many, many years. This latest version, The Project for the New American Century went public in 1997 with a cover story of their goals on their publicly accessible website. It's all smoke and mirrors, but the signers of this plan are below. You may recognize a few names. Remember, 1997, three years before George W. Bush was "elected" and this plan wasn't conceived in 1997 it went public in 1997. Now put that in your mind as you read the names of the designers (in alphabetical order) and remember all of the events, Acts, etc. that have happened since 2001; try to tell yourself it's just a coincidence that some of these men of such great power are on this list. (Look up names you are unfamiliar with on Wikipedia to see the seats or positions of power these men are or were in.)

    Elliott Abrams

    Gary Bauer

    William J. Bennett

    Jeb Bush

    Dick Cheney

    Eliot A. Cohen

    Midge Decter

    Paula Dobriansky

    Steve Forbes

    Aaron Friedberg

    Francis Fukuyama

    Frank Gaffney

    Fred C. Ikle

    Donald Kagan

    Zalmay Khalilzad

    I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby

    Norman Podhoretz

    Dan Quayle

    Peter W. Rodman

    Stephen P. Rosen

    Henry S. Rowen

    Donald Rumsfeld

    Vin Weber

    George Weigel

    Paul Wolfowitz

    The point of this is to show you it's all connected. It's been surrounding us for years. The point is to get you ready for what's coming because the more of us that know and understand without living in the conditioned denial we've grown accustomed to, the more we have a fighting chance. (emphasis added)

    Note: The Rockefeller tie still binds as David Rockefeller has spent years creating avenues for the NAU, nurturing Latin leaders to go along with his plan through organizations such as The Council on the Americas (Founder and Honorary Chairman), The Americas Society (Chairman), The Forum of the Americas (Founder), The Institute for International Economics (Financial backer and Board Member), The Trilateral Commission (Founder and Honorary Chairman). He was also Chairman of The Council on Foreign Relations when Cheney served as a Director. In fact, Cheney joked not long ago during speech to the CFR saying; "I never mentioned that (he was a member and Director of CFR) back when I was campaigning for reelection (U.S. Senate) back home in Wyoming". He received big laughs from the CFR audience after this remark because they know full well how sinister their organization is.

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    Trans-Texas Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Tribpedia: Trans-texas Corridor | The Texas Tribune
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    Trans-Texas Corridor - Vol. 69 · No. 1 - Public Roads
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    The Trans-Texas Corridor joins two other Texas projects on the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) list of megaprojects—the $2.7 billion, 37-kilometer ...

    Trans Texas Corridor | Texans for Rick Perry
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    Trans-Texas Corridor plans dropped after public outcry - Houston ...
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    Jan 6, 2009 ... AUSTIN — The ambitious proposal to create the Trans-Texas Corridor network has been dropped in response to public outcry and will be ...



    Section 4 Opportunity Zones


    Section 4.05 East-West Corridor

    4.05.1 Vision
    4.05.2 Goals
    4.05.3 Transportation Summary
    4.05.4 Market Analysis
    4.05.5 Objectives

    4.05.1 Vision
    In 2030: A Well-Planned Green Corridor that Sets a High Standard for Livability — This controlled access roadway exemplifies all the qualities that comprise a successful highway corridor project that is primarily residential and scenic in nature. It has been carefully planned, respectfully developed with regard to the plan and efficiently implemented. It serves as a major connection between Fort Campbell Gate 1 on the west end, growing residential areas in the middle sections and the Governors Square Retail District on the east end. The corridor also intersects with a new north-south roadway that provides direct access to the Downtown District and APSU. The result has raised the bar for all future neighborhood-serving highway projects in the city.
    Beautiful scenery that includes the rolling topography of multi-generation family farms is evident when traveling the sweeping thoroughfare with extra-wide right-of-ways. Multi-use activity trails have been included in the wide right-of-ways that connect neighborhood-to-neighborhood and also connect to the Greenway System, namely Spring Creek Trail and Heritage Park Trail. Elementary and middle schools have been incorporated into neighborhoods developed along the East-West corridor. The schools serve as walkable neighborhood community centers, and have been thoughtfully designed with public access to libraries, auditoriums, gymnasiums and outdoor recreational facilities. Developers have included sidewalks and trails in residential areas that foster pedestrian and bicycle access to school grounds and neighborhood retail, along with connectivity to the Greenway System.
    What is most striking about this corridor is the absence of direct access or driveways to/from the East-West highway. All access to residential areas and commercial activity is at the “neighborhood level” along crossroads of the main East-West highway, such as Peachers Mill Road, Needmore Road and Trenton Road. However, there is a higher concentration of commercial development on the corridor’s east end in the vicinity of the Governors Square Retail District, between Trenton Road and Wilma Rudolph Boulevard. The western end of the corridor provides an attractive entryway to the upgraded Outlaw Field airport.
    The “controlled access” design of this divided highway means safety and efficient movement of traffic are of highest priority. Intersections and selected highway sections are well lighted, and the highway generally moves traffic along at 55 MPH, with traffic signals located only at major crossroads. This corridor has not only created effective movement and dispersal of traffic in the fastest growing area of the city, it has also focused attention on the most important aspect of checking urban sprawl by generating opportunities for infill development along, and adjacent to, this corridor. This carefully engineered thoroughfare integrates the best attributes of highway corridor planning by capitalizing on existing infrastructure in north Clarksville and providing an efficient highway connection between new neighborhoods and existing commercial zones while still accommodating agricultural functions and preserving the integrity of historic farms.
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    4.05.2 Goals
    1. Create “Model Corridor” that Accommodates Residential Growth, Minimizes Commercial Encroachment while Maintaining Generous Greenspace — Provide a future traffic mover with controlled access only at key intersections. Respect for historic farms and predominant agricultural use of the land around the corridor will be a priority as routing for the roadway is developed. Accommodation for the movement of livestock and farm equipment will be made to keep access open to farm operations on either side of the proposed roadway.
    2. Provide Infill Opportunity in City’s Most Rapidly Growing Residential Area — Serve as a catalyst for infill development in an area described by the SMART GROWTH Infrastructure Committee as the “hole-in-the-donut” for future residential growth in north Clarksville. This development represents the city’s best opportunity for checking urban sprawl by encouraging new residential growth inside the current city limits and taking advantage of existing infrastructure.
    3. Upgrade Efficiency and Reduce High Expense of Sanitary Sewer System — Use the road construction process to replace a significant portion of the city’s inefficient sewer system in north Clarksville and eliminate a number of existing sewage lift stations that are prohibitively expensive to install and maintain.
    4. Create New Northern Gateway to Downtown via Eighth Street Connector — Link this East-West Corridor to the extension of Eighth Street, a new north / south road that ties directly into Downtown and APSU, crossing the Red River and connecting with the existing Eighth Street at Kraft Street. The new north / south connector would provide the opportunity for access into the central city from Tiny Town Road, the East-West Corridor and TN 374.
    5. Capitalize on Rivers and Creeks to Develop Expansive Greenway System – The East-West Corridor will provide a major opportunity for the further development of, and public access to, the Greenway System.

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    4.05.3 Transportation Summary
    The East-West Corridor is a proposed controlled access four-lane arterial roadway that on new alignment will connect Ted Crozier Boulevard and Wilma Rudolph Boulevard to Fort Campbell Boulevard. Proposed access points to the new road are located at Ted Crozier Boulevard, Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, SR 48, the proposed 8th Street Connector, Peachers Mill Road, and Fort Campbell Boulevard.
    Historic and projected traffic counts indicate that the majority of traffic growth has and will continue to occur on the northern side of the City. Currently, the other two primary east/west roadways, Tiny Town Road and 101st Airborne Parkway, are at or near capacity and are expected to worsen with levels of service reaching “F.” The proposed East-West Corridor, located approximately half way between the existing two east/west roadways, would assist in the efforts to alleviate the poor levels of service while also providing for greater connectivity to origins and destinations in the northern half of the City. Further, by connecting the roadway directly to Ted Crozier Boulevard, it provides a controlled access connection to the new Gateway Medical Center.
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    4.05.4 Market Analysis
    The East-West Corridor is a proposed new road that will be located midway between 101st Airborne Division Parkway (TN 374) and Tiny Town Road (TN 236). It will connect Fort Campbell Boulevard to Trenton Road and Wilma Rudolph Boulevard and beyond. This new corridor will ease traffic congestion on these other main east-west roads (TN 374 and TN 236).
    In terms of economic development, the East-West Corridor will provide development access to approximately 2,976 acres of open land. Assuming 30-40% of this land will be used for set-asides and/or is undevelopable, and a density of four units per acre, it is estimated the area could support up to 8,000 new housing units. However, it is important to note that there is currently enough supply of developable land in the city, without the creation of the East-West Corridor, to support the housing market now and into the mid-term future. As such, the housing market demand for the East-West Corridor is more long-term.
    However, development within this Opportunity Zone will help prevent sprawl in Clarksville-Montgomery County. The availability of large tracts of land that are close to a variety of destinations, including Downtown, Fort Campbell and the Governors Square Retail District, will be quite attractive for developers. Another benefit of the new East-West Corridor is the opportunity to rework the existing sewer infrastructure, eliminate inefficient sewage lift stations and reduce the operating cost of the entire system for the citizens of Clarksville.
    This area would be best suited for a mix of housing types including single-family homes, condominiums, townhomes and small- to mid-size apartment buildings. The final development strategy should seek to maximize the integration of commercial uses, schools, greenways and parks into these residential areas. It is recommended that neighborhood level residential development occur so as to not create undue competition within the market.
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    4.05.5 Objectives
    1. Develop Land-Use Plan for Entire Corridor
      1. Planning schedule allows ample time for coordinated planning and thorough public input.
      2. Direct access to commercial development from main roadway will not be allowed. Commercial access will occur on roads that feed the East-West highway.
      3. Utility corridors will be incorporated in the plan to improve the sewer system and eliminate inefficient and costly lift stations.
      4. Corridor design character to be compatible with residential, light commercial, farm and greenway uses.
      5. Neighborhood schools to function as community centers with public access to libraries, auditoriums and recreation facilities.
      6. Neighborhood Greenway connections via sidewalks, trails and bikeways.

    2. Route Roadway to Preserve Historically Significant Sites and Farms
      1. Allendale Century Farm to be preserved intact.
      2. Overpasses to be built where practical to preserve farming operations.
      3. Long-term land use commitments to be negotiated with property owners in exchange for special roadway design considerations.

    3. Acquire Ample Right-of-Way to Provide Opportunity for Well Planned Corridor
      1. Utility corridors.
      2. Continuous walkways and bikeways.
      3. Buffers to screen commercial and residential uses from the view of roadway.

    4. Develop and Adopt Park-Like Design for Roadway and Right-of-Way
      1. Multi-use trails parallel to roadway with connections to Greenway System incorporated into right-of-way.
      2. Heavily landscaped with trees and turf within medians and shoulder boundaries.
      3. No commercial or residential developments will be allowed to front or have access directly to the thoroughfare.
      4. Underground utility lines.
      5. No commercial signs to be allowed on roadway, with possible exception of entry to Outlaw Field airport.
      6. Street lighting to follow design guidelines.

    5. Create Phased Plan for Roadway Construction
      1. Immediately proceed with Corridor preliminary design to determine specific routing and right-of-way procurement plan.
      2. First phase of constructions from Wilma Rudolph Boulevard to Trenton Road.
      3. Sequence of additional phases “to be determined.”
      4. Determine preferred routing and connections to primary destinations:
        1. Governors Square Mall and Ted Crozier Boulevard
        2. Outlaw Field Airport
        3. Fort Campbell Gate 1



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