It was on his platform as he ran for President. To young to remember?
"Late in 1988? A few weeks before the end of Reagan last term as president when he was suffering from early Alzheimer's disease? Really that's your evidence? Bush Clinton did NAFTA not Reagan."
Read back in this thread jpsb. I've also argued Reagan wasn't responsible, but that post you replied to was my response to 1rudeboy at #40 where he produced a Reagan quote from the State Of The Union in 1988.
That would be one year before he left office. I couldn't recall him ever talking about NAFTA ( and he does not use that exact terminology ), but that quote shows he was at least tacitly onboard with the idea.
My whole point was that it was Bush41 and Clinton who actually wrote the thing and passed it. But it sure looks like Reagan ( or maybe those infiltrators in his admin ) inspired it.
So don't hammer me. Talk to 1rudeboy who is insisting that Reagan invented it. I do NOT agree on that point. But I am not surprised that it emerged during his 2nd term, which was mostly a disaster IMHO.
Cheers.