Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
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The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, founded March 23, 2005 by the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States, was born in response to the evident necessity for the North American continent to take new steps to address the threat of terrorism and to enhance the security, competitiveness and quality of life of their countries' citizens.
President Bush of the USA, President Fox of Mexico, and Prime Minister Martin of Canada announced the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, United States.
Through the SPP, the United States, Canada, and Mexico allegedly seek to:
- Establish a cooperative approach to advance in common security and prosperity.
- Promote economic growth, competitiveness, and quality of life.
- Develop a common security strategy to further secure North America, focusing on:
- *Securing North America from external threats.
- *Preventing and responding to threats within North America.
- *Streamlining the secure and efficient movement of legitimate and low-risk traffic across shared borders.
- cooperation and information sharing
- Improving productivity.
- Reducing the costs of trade.
- Enhancing the joint stewardship of the environment, facilitating agricultural trade while creating a safer and more reliable food supply, and protecting people from disease.
The SPP is based on the principle that prosperity is dependent on security, and recognizes that the three nations are bound by a shared belief in freedom, economic opportunity, and strong democratic institutions. It is intended to complement, rather than replace, existing bilateral and trilateral institutions like NAFTA and is a step forward making a blueprint for a further North American Community.The SPP has received some criticism from conservative commentators within the United States, such as Phyllis Schlafly, and Human Events Online, on the grounds that they believe it will lead to an erosion of US sovereignty. In particular, they have expressed concern over position papers of the Council on Foreign Relations, which they perceive as advocating policies which would lead to integrated continental court systems and currency. These concerns have not received wide support. However, this could simply be a function of the lack of widespread awareness of the pact as it has not been widely discussed in the major press outlets and general public awareness is therefore limited.
It should be noted that this issue has not been addressed by the United States Congress or the Supreme Court.
See also
External links
- [A North American Partnership]
- [Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America]
- [Alianza para la Seguridad y la Prosperidad en América del Norte]
Criticism
- [Phyllis Schlafly Article]
- [North American Union to Replace USA?]
- [The Plan to Replace the Dollar With the 'Amero']
- [President Quietly Creating 'NAFTA Plus']
- [North American Union Already Starting to Replace USA]
- [Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway]
- [A Collection Of Articles From Age Of Tyranny News Critical Of The Partnership]
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