THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION: ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE NEW WORLD ORDER?
In the wake of globalization and the opening of new markets, trade agreements and treaties have created trade blocs and unions such as the European Union. The European Union was created based on the desire of European nation-states to be more competitive and have more of a say on international matters. What has come into being, however, is a political force, not just for trade but also for political matters. The EU came into being to be a counterweight to the United States. Ironically, the United States may become one of a three-nation “North American Union” with Mexico and Canada.
The issues facing the United States in the North American region do not seem to warrant creating a three-nation free trade bloc. These days, illegal immigration is a hot bed for political debate as is the outsourcing of American jobs and unemployment in the United States. Yet creating a free trade bloc between the US, Canada, and Mexico is on the agenda of the Council on Foreign Relations.
What is the benefit of creating a North American Union for the United States? I fail to see it. What I do see is the sectionalizing of the world. More and more, the world is being broken down and rebuilt. It happened in Europe. There is an African union. It will happen in the Middle East. This is why it is so important for the Middle East to be peaceful. In order for there to be a “Middle Eastern Union,” the member nations must be at peace with one another. This point is made by Bradley R. Gitz in the June 25, 2006 edition of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette (“Democracies have more rights”). He says that dictatorships (non-democracies) are the hurdle between where the world is now and the future state of democratic law (new world order?). He was speaking of Iran and North Korea, but you can include any political hotspot on the planet as a “hurdle”: Cuba, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. Remove the hurdles and it’s clear sailing to the future emergence of unions around the world.
What then? First, the role of the United Nations will change from an organization of many member states to an umbrella organization of unions, a super-union that is a conglomeration of the lesser, regional trade unions. The excuse will be to make the UN more efficient. Eventually, the power of the regional unions would be gone and only the UN in the role of super-union would be left to govern (or is it rule?) the world.
This is what was reported on the Council on Foreign Relations website:
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Task Force Urges Measures to Strengthen North American Competitiveness, Expand Trade, Ensure Border Security
May 17, 2005Council on Foreign Relations (www.cfr.org)
May 17, 2005--North America is vulnerable on several fronts: the region faces terrorist and criminal security threats, increased economic competition from abroad, and uneven economic development at home. In response to these challenges, a trinational, Independent Task Force on the Future of North America has developed a roadmap to promote North American security and advance the well-being of citizens of all three countries.
When the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States met in Texas recently they underscored the deep ties and shared principles of the three countries. The Council-sponsored Task Force applauds the announced "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America," but proposes a more ambitious vision of a new community by 2010 and specific recommendations on how to achieve it.
Pointing to increased competition from the European Union and rising economic powers such as India and China in the eleven years since NAFTA took effect, co-chair Pedro C. Aspe, former Finance Minister of Mexico, said, "We need a vision for North America to address the new challenges." The Task Force establishes a blueprint for a powerhouse North American trading area that allows for the seamless movement of goods, increased labor mobility, and energy security.
"We are asking the leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada to be bold and adopt a vision of the future that is bigger than, and beyond, the immediate problems of the present," said co-chair John P. Manley, Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. "They could be the architects of a new community of North America, not mere custodians of the status quo."
At a time of political transition in Canada and Mexico, the Task Force proposes new ideas to cope with continental challenges that should be the focus of debate in those two countries as well as the United States. To ensure a free, secure, just, and prosperous North America, the Task Force proposes a number of specific measures:
Make North America safer:
Establish a common security perimeter by 2010.
Develop a North American Border Pass with biometric identifiers.
Develop a unified border action plan and expand border customs facilities.
Create a single economic space:
Adopt a common external tariff.
Allow for the seamless movement of goods within North America.
Move to full labor mobility between Canada and the U.S.
Develop a North American energy strategy that gives greater emphasis to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases -- a regional alternative to Kyoto.
Review those sectors of NAFTA that were excluded.
Develop and implement a North American regulatory plan that would include "open skies and open roads" and a unified approach for protecting consumers on food, health, and the environment.
Expand temporary worker programs and create a "North American preference" for immigration for citizens of North America.
Spread benefits more evenly:
Establish a North American Investment Fund to build infrastructure to connect Mexico's poorer regions in the south to the market to the north.
Restructure and reform Mexico's public finances.
Fully develop Mexican energy resources to make greater use of international technology and capital.
Institutionalize the partnership:
Establish a permanent tribunal for trade and investment disputes.
Convene an annual North American summit meeting.
Establish a Tri-national Competition Commission to develop a common approach to trade remedies.
Expand scholarships to study in the three countries and develop a network of Centers for North American Studies.
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Under the heading of “Make North America Safer” above, there are three goals listed. The second is to “develop a North American Border Pass with biometric identifiers.” What exactly would those “biometric identifiers” be? I am afraid that if I investigate a little, I will find that the plan will call for a single chip to be placed under the skin that will serve as a single I.D. at the borders. A wand would be waved over the area the chip is located and information gleaned from the chip would be matched against a database for background information such as criminal records or terrorism connections. Read Revelations chapter 13 for information on the mark of the beast.
Under the final heading, “Institutionalize the partnership,” it is clear that this section calls for a definite organization to be created as in a “North American Union.” In other words, make it an official organization with powers to govern whatever matters are dictated to it: first, trade matters, then what?
In the book of Daniel in the Bible, Daniel sees in a vision “a little horn” that comes from “ten horns” on a beast. These ten horns are explained to be ten kings. These “kings” could also be secretaries of these regional trade unions. This little horn is another king that arises from among them. It is said that he will subdue three kings and will rule for “a year, two years, and half a year” or three and a half years.
Watch this now. The world will soon be divided into ten regions, the regional trade unions.
1. The European Union
2. The African Union
3. The North American Union
4. The South American Union
5. The Middle Eastern Union
6. The Central American Union
7. The Asian Union
8. Etc.
Of course, I do not know exactly how the lines would be drawn, but I do promise it will happen. Be reassured this is all prophesied so it is all in God’s plan. Read your Bible. The end is now in sight. Be ready.
Brian