I think you're correct in your assessments. Everyone who voted for the current president will side with you in frustration on his lack of effort to
seal the borders. Despite all the moaning and complaining his base is giving him, he continues with his agenda to soften, and possibly, erase the
borders in the near future. You are correct and yet you're not seeing the whole picture. Let's not be so narrow minded.
First we have the progression towards a single North America market.
Trinational Call for a
North American Economic and Security Community by 2010
Three former high-ranking government officials from Canada, Mexico, and the United States are calling for a North American economic and security
community by 2010 to address shared security threats, challenges to competitiveness, and interest in broad-based development across the three
countries.
You mentioned the EU which we all know started as a trade agreement between several European countries and has now blossomed into a very solid
agreement between it's members. The borders haven't disappeared yet but they are on the verge of having only one currency. This is where the
US/Mexico/Canada market is headed.
Now the EU is also trying to incorporate numerous neighboring countries with the Euro Med Partnership. Again the initial goal appears to be for the
benefit of free trade. Same song different verse
EU eyes Mediterranean free trade area by
2010
The upcoming 10th anniversary Euro-Mediterranean summit aims to breathe fresh life into the 35-state EuroMed co-operation framework. One specific goal
is to set up a "genuine free trade area" by 2010.
Call it a coincidence, but lo and behold the Arab countries are trying to do the same thing.
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (by
2010)
In 2003 GCC members eliminated tariffs on trade between member nations and established a common external tariffs. They have agreed to establish a
broader economic union (including a single market and currency) by 2010.
In case you missed it the magic 2010 number came up again. Are we supposed to believe that all of these commerce unions picked the same year as a
completion goal by accident? It just doesn't seem right. Something is fishy here. All of these individual countries are being snapped together into
larger blocks of countries. What do you suppose the next step will be? I believe that the next step, once these unions are in place, will be to join
all the unions together just like the individual countries were joined together in the first place.
Denmark proposes transatlantic marketplace ahead of EU-US summit
the Danish liberal prime minister, has unveiled an ambitious proposal for the world's two biggest economies to form a free trade zone. During a visit
to the US, where he addressed the Berkeley, University of California, Mr Fogh Rasmussen suggested the creation of a "transatlantic marketplace
without barriers to trade and investment."
This is more than just a noble idea. You can find the entire idea laid out on the EU's website. I looked through the overview of the plan and sure
enough, the magic year for making all this work popped up again.
THE NEW TRANSATLANTIC MARKETPLACE
a political commitment to eliminate by 2010 all industrial tariffs on a MFN basis, through multilateral negotiations, provided that a critical mass of
other trading partners do the same;
So you see, the plan is to piece together a few countries into blocks, then when that is finished, these blocks will be pieced together into a single
larger block. No doubt once the US and EU blocks merge, the Arab corporation will feel the need to join in too. Is this creepy? That depends on how
you look at it. For some reason the 2010 date being a common factor makes this plan seem a little manufactured to me.