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To: antisocial

Don't see any. I'm looking for an example of "unelected international bureaucrats mak[ing] decisions that our government cannot overrule." Just one. Open challenge to the forum.


26 posted on 08/07/2005 9:37:24 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Did I help elect the WTO and not realize it?


27 posted on 08/07/2005 9:39:31 AM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: 1rudeboy

The final draft agreement addresses every aspect of trade in the Western Hemisphere and requires that every dimension of the agreement be "WTO compliant." Chapter II contains two provisions that should disqualify the document immediately from any serious consideration by the U.S. Congress.

Article 4.2 contains this language:

4.2. The Parties shall ensure that their laws, regulations and administrative procedures are consistent with the obligations of this Agreement. The rights and obligations under this Agreement are the same for all the Parties, whether Federal or unitary States, including the different levels and branches of government. ... This language requires that existing laws – at every level of government – be conformed to the requirements of the agreement. It requires that all future laws conform as well. The effect of this agreement takes away law-making power from duly elected representatives of the people and gives it to unelected bureaucrats, most of whom represent foreign nations.


30 posted on 08/07/2005 9:43:03 AM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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