HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 93-20RESOLUTION NO. 93- 20
RESOLUTION REGARDING THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT (NAFTA) PROPOSED FOR CONSIDERATION AND
ENDORSEMENT BY FORMAL RESOLUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA
CONTRACT CITIES ASSOCIATION AT ITS ANNUAL BUSINESS
SESSION MAY 20-23, 1993, IN PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States
convened October 7, 1992, in San Antonio, Texas, to announce
formal completion of negotiations for the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA); and
WHEREAS, NAFTA proposes to strengthen the continuation of
expanding trade in North America initiated in 1987 by the Canada -
U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and given impetus by Market
forces in the three regions; and
WHEREAS, U.S. leadership supporting NAFTA includes both the
prior Republican Administration and the current Democrat
Administration, and both Administrations have publicly advocated
creation of "Supplemental Accords" or "Agreement"; and
WHEREAS, such Accords or Agreements should address (a)
Environmental Rehabilitation, (b) Wages Reconciliation, (c)
Worker Assistance, and (d) Dispute Resolution; and
WHEREAS, Environmental Rehabilitation must address
infrastructure needs along the long Mexico -U.S. border, i.e., $15
billion needed on the Mexico side (E1 Colegio de la Frontera
Norte Study) and $5.7 billion on the U.S. side (Border Trade
Alliance Study); and
WHEREAS, Wages Standardization must address the fact that
Mexico's labor compensation (hourly) is approximately one-seventh
that of the U.S.; and
WHEREAS, Worker Assistance assurances must focus upon _
dislocation, job -search, retraining, relocation; and
WHEREAS, Dispute Resolution, proposed by NAFTA, incorporates
a five -person Trade Settlement Panels System, authorized to act
without permitting direct public participation or scrutiny.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Contract
Cities Association does herewith propose that no further action
be taken to approve the North American Free Trade Agreement until
four Supplemental Accords, or Agreements, are consummated in the
hereinbefore described areas of Environmental Rehabilitation,
Wages Reconciliation, Worker Assistance, and Dispute Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of
_April , 1993.
Mayor
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond
Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed,
approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Diamond Bar held on the 6th day of
April , 1993 by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS -Mayor Pro Tem Papen, MacBride,
Forbing, Mayor Miller
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS - Werner
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
C' Clerk of t
City of Diamond Bar