More about Utah's "Alliance" with Mexico.(Alliances (Government relations) )

An alert reader of THE NEW AMERICAN pointed out that the name of Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. no longer appears on the membership roster for the globalist Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), as we previously reported ("Huntsman's Amnesty 'Alliance,'" August 8 issue). Huntsman was a CFR member from 1993 to 1998. In a mini-essay published in the group's 1996 Annual Report, Huntsman praised the globalist group effusively, extolling the CFR as "America's premier crossroads for those who are internationally minded and experienced."

As a deputy U.S. trade representative in the George W. Bush administration, Huntsman played a significant role in the unfolding campaign to build a system of global governance through the creation of multilateral "free trade" pacts. This background is crucial in light of Governor Huntsman's emergence as an Establishment-approved point man dealing with the problem of illegal immigration from Mexico and Latin America.

During his Senate confirmation hearings, reported the July 31, 2001 Deseret News, Huntsman specifically mentioned that he would play a role in "China's accession to the World Trade Organization." Just last January, the WTO lifted the worldwide system of national textile import quotas, which effectively turned the world textile market over to China.

A year ago, the Christian Science Monitor predicted that this would bring about "a massive transfer of jobs and wealth in the developing world over the next few years"--from the impoverished, textile-producing nations of the CAFTA region to China. This ...