This was a done deal by (read my lips) G. Bush Sr. in his last months of office...Clinton got it thru the Dem congress...It was a shoe-in for the Rep congress...
George Jr. expanded on this with the Singapore agreement and countless others...Let's not pick on Clinton...Focus on the one who is currently taking us to globalsim in a hand basket...
Actually, it was none other than Ronald Reagan who proposed and laid the groundwork for NAFTA. The treaty was passed in Congress due to overwhelming Republican support. NAFTA was and is through and through a Republican project.