02/17/2000
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"NAFTA is part of my broad economic strategy to gear the American economy for a changing world."
"NAFTA will create thousands of high paying American jobs by unlocking access to Mexico, a growing market of 90 million people that thirst for American products and services."
"This agreement helps our workers, our environment, our businesses, and our consumers."
"Perhaps most importantly, the lending authority provided by S. 1274 will assist firms in maintaining and creating more than 600,000 jobs over the next four years."