Posted on 03/08/2016 7:28:37 AM PST by xzins
A new CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report, North America: Time for a New Focus, asserts that elevating and prioritizing the Canada-Mexico-U.S. relationship offers the best opportunity for strengthening the United States and its place in the world.
"It is time to put North America at the forefront of U.S. policy," the report says. "The development and implementation of a strategy for U.S. economic, energy, security, environmental, and societal cooperation with its two neighbors can strengthen the United States at home and enhance its influence abroad."
by David H. Petraeus, retired U.S. Army general and chairman of the KKR Global Institute, and Robert B. Zoellick, former president of the World Bank Group and chairman of Goldman Sachs's International Advisors, the Task Force is composed of a diverse and distinguished group of experts that includes former government officials, scholars, and others. The project is directed by CFR Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies Shannon K. O'Neil.
The Task Force proposes a comprehensive set of recommendations for deepening North American integration, concentrating on four pivotal areas—energy, economic competitiveness, security, and community. These include:
***Capitalizing on North America's promising energy outlook.***
The North American countries need a regional energy strategy to strengthen the continent's energy infrastructure, expand energy exports, support Mexico's historic reforms, improve safety, and encourage harmonized policies to promote energy conservation and reduce carbon emissions.
"For economic, environmental, and diplomatic reasons, the Task Force recommends that the U.S. government encourage increased energy connections with Canada and Mexico. The U.S. government should approve additional pipeline capacity, including the Keystone XL pipeline," the report says. "The Task Force also proposes that the United States end restrictions on energy exports, including oil and LNG (liquefied natural gas)."
***Bolstering economic competitiveness through the freer movement of goods and services across borders.***
Upgrading infrastructure and policies across borders would interconnect national economies securely and efficiently. Recognizing trilateral economic interests, the United States should also include Canada and Mexico in its negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other free trade agreements.
"The United States' ability to compete in a dynamic and competitive world economy would be strengthened by enhanced economic ties with Canada and Mexico," the report explains. "The Task Force recommends working toward the free and unimpeded movement of goods and services across North America's common borders."
***Strengthening security through a unified continental strategy and "continuous border innovation."***
While working toward the goal of a unified security strategy for North America, the United States and Canada should support Mexican efforts to strengthen the democratic rule of law, dismantle criminal networks, contribute to the development of resilient and cohesive communities, and reduce arms smuggling and drug consumption.
"The United States should shift from border-centric security toward a strategy of combining perimeter protection with security in depth through the use of intelligence, risk assessment, shared capabilities, and joint actions throughout the region," the report says.
***Fostering a North American community through comprehensive immigration reform, workforce development, and the creation of a mobility accord to facilitate the movement of workers.***
The U.S. Congress should pass comprehensive immigration reforms. To better aid the movement of North American workers, the three countries should also create a North American Mobility Accord, expand visas for skilled workers, streamline recognition of professional credentials, and develop a regional educational innovation strategy.
"The Task Force strongly recommends the passage of comprehensive federal immigration reform that secures U.S. borders, prevents illegal entry, provides visas on the basis of economic need, invites talented and skilled people to settle in the United States, and offers a pathway to legalization for undocumented immigrants now in the United States," the report says.
This is the group and the project on which Heidi Cruz eventually became Goldman Sachs’ representative member
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406586/posts
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I’ll give the TL;DR version:
The elites seek to destroy America as an entity so as to become even more wealthy, at the expense of Americans, but it’s OK because those little people don’t really matter.
God the constitution and Goldman Sachs what a country Ted.
“The Task Force recommends working toward the free and unimpeded movement of goods and services across North America’s common borders.”
Sounds like they are advocating the Destruction of the United States as it is Defined in the US Constitution, isn’t that TREASON???
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This is the plan we have seen unfolding.
Goldman Sachs is the jewel in the crown for America’s crony capitalists .
These people mean BUSINESS!!
Old Abe was their opening salvo.
It does not appear to have had a lasting negative impact on China.
That is PEOPLE.
Unimpeded. That is the goal.
And Heidi Cruz is on record supporting this, and became Goldman Sachs member representing them as a major player.
Kinda funny that way, isn't it?
I better read the rest of this thread and see if there are any posts in it like maybe in the first two that might shed a bit more light on it if like maybe there's someone running for President who might not be exactly really what he wants everyone to think he is and all the groupthink says to just ignore it because it doesn't exist...
...has something like that happened before?
Paging Heidi Cruz... Maybe Ted doesn’t get along with his wife also. Or Ted is the last one to know about what GS is up to. Ted call home please.
It used to be pretty easy for Canadians to work in the US, almost a casual thing. Partly because in the old days no one checked and Canadians could easily blend in as Americans. Partly because before the sixties I believe they had preference for visas.
I would be in favor of some kind of agreement allowing US and Canadian citizens to work back and forth across the border. It needs to be reciprocal. I wouldn't mind seeing a similar, reciprocal, agreement with the Aussies for that matter.
I would not be in favor of allowing the same agreement with Mexico. Canada and the US are pretty similar; Mexico is not. But Canada would need to tighten up their immigration policies so that they don't become simply a bridge bringing people into the US that wouldn't otherwise be admitted. Heck, we need to tighten up our own immigration policies.
Unfortunately, I think the point of this is bringing down the border with Mexico; if we eliminated Mexico from the agreement the CFR and the political class probably wouldn't be interested.
I like Mexico, but it is too dissimilar to be allowed into such an agreement.
Heidi Cruz is a minion, a relative nobody in the CFR.
“I think Richard Haass is excellent. I have a lot of respect for him.”
These are Donald Trump’s own words spoken at one of the debates. Richard Haas has been president of the Council of Foreign Relations for the last thirteen years. So before you scream “Goldman” and “CFR” do your homework and stop marinating in Alex Jones’ half baked nonsensical gibberish.
Heidi Cruz is a minion, a relative nobody in the CFR.
“I think Richard Haass is excellent. I have a lot of respect for him.”
These are Donald Trump’s own words spoken at one of the debates. Richard Haas has been president of the Council of Foreign Relations for the last thirteen years. So before you scream “Goldman” and “CFR” do your homework and stop marinating in Alex Jones’ half baked nonsensical gibberish.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/trump-threatens-north-american-union-scheme/
This has nothing to do with anything other than CFR.
It’s from their own website.
If you want guilt by association, then look at Heidi Cruz.
Saying something nice about someone and actually working for them are totally different things.
Speaking of ‘disavow’, have we heard Heidi disavow her time with the CFR yet?
I suspect she’s a power couple ‘twofer’ like Hillary was.
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