Letter to the Editor: Bowing to NAFTA
While one may applaud from an economic standpoint the decision to bow to NAFTA (Sept. 12, "U.S. Bows to NAFTA Panel Ruling on Canadian Lumber Duties"), I am grieved by the erosion of U.S. sovereignty this decision indicates. I am not in favor of NAFTA dictating the tariff policies of this or any other country. Nor do I consider "free trade" to be of greater value than self-government. We are trading away our freedoms, fought for and preserved by our forefathers through their shed blood, for temporary economic advantages. Rather than appeal to an international body that does not answer to the people, we ought to hold our representatives' feet to the fire if the tariff is unjust.
Philip R. Johnson
Ramer Concrete, Inc.