Reply #193: Fine. You believe what you wish and so will I. [View All]

[pampango]

The enumerated entities are listed in the annex. We've been through that. You contend that since Congress is not listed, the provisions don't apply. I contend that using that definition the provisions are meaningless, since all government procurement is funded by Congress. I'm not saying you are wrong, since I am no attorney, but it would mean that the drafters wasted their time drawing up the provisions because they don't apply to anything.

Do you believe that the NAFTA provisions that we've been talking about apply to government procurement other than the stimulus or that they don't apply to any government procurement at all?

And thanks for the time you have spent trying to educate me on the intricacies of international trade agreements. I'm afraid I have no future in the field, since the words I read in the agreement don't mean the same things to me that they do to you. The poor drafters seem to have wasted a lot of time drawing up provision that don't apply to anything.