Let's go to bat for GATT. (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) (Editorial) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: November 28, 1994| Author: Zuckerman, Mortimer B. | COPYRIGHT 1994 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Congress should put aside partisan bickering and work to approve the GATT as soon as possible. Fears that NAFTA would lead to job losses proved to be unfounded, and history has shown countries with the fastest growing economies have been global free traders.

The new congressional majority has an early test of its rhetoric: the chance to approve a new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). This has nothing to do with partisan politics. Presidents Reagan and Bush worked for t...