My own conspiracy take is:
The elites of the US know that all these NAFTA ports and highways are to facilitate more low priced Chinese/Asian imports and will make our trade deficits much worse. This will make the dollar crash. Iran, Russia, Europeans will bring in a gold/oil standard currency to replace the USD as the world's most trusted currency. Gold will be at $3000/ounce to enable this. Oil will be $130/barrel
Our elites are heavy investors in gold right now. They are the ultimate reptilian gold bugs. This is my speculation
Bush appears to be looking beyond just North American integration, and is setting his sights further to South America. "What we're really talking about here is not a big bang. We're talking about big progress," the prime minister said.
"What kind of union might there be?" Bush said rhetorically in response to a question. "I see one based on free trade. It entails a commitment to markets and democracy, transparency and rule of law."
Closer trade ties will help sovereignty: Martin
Haven't we been saying for years, that "free trade" is being used to dissolve borders and destroy our sovereignty? The headline for this article is just newspeak, IMO.