Yet many economists said they believed the economic effects of a free-trade pact would be large.

And it wants no change in the existing free-trade pact on cars.

Sure, they are against free-trade pacts now, he points out, "but I was there when the jobs were on the line!"

An election then would take advantage of having the free-trade pact in place.

The two nations have agreed to negotiate a free-trade pact.

The role the free-trade pact is playing in the election has puzzled many experts.

Now he is a strong advocate of a Mexican free-trade pact.

Clinton later revised her opinion in favor of the free-trade pact.

The case for a Mexican free-trade pact is less compelling.

The free-trade pact is expected to produce economic benefits all the countries involved.