Fox-Bush
Style, No Substance
Article by: Staff Report

The first executive level meeting between presidents Vicente Fox and George Bush produced warm feelings, but little substance.

Following Bush's visit to Fox's Guanajuato ranch, the two leaders issued a communiqué that called for creation of a joint panel to study how to "constructively address" immigration and labor issues between the two countries. They also promised to determine how to implement a recent ruling by a NAFTA arbitration panel granting Mexican truck drivers full access to U.S. highways.

They pledged to support policies that result in sound fiscal results, low inflation and strong financial systems.

Mostly, the two seemed to partake in a photo opportunity.

"Mexico is the first foreign country I visited as President, and I intended it to be that way," Bush said. "Our nations are bound together by...

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