President George H.W. Bush, free-trade proponent, ethanol supporter, dies at 94 President George H.W. Bush, free-trade proponent, ethanol supporter, dies at 94 December 1, 2018 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment George H. W. Bush, the nation’s 41st president who championed NAFTA and faced pressure from U.S. automakers to ease Japanese imports in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Friday. He was 94.