History of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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NAFTA, Free Trade, Liberal Hegemony
Part of a dialog on the rip-pol-econ@mailbase.ac.uk forum, 20 January 1995.
Bill to pull US out of NAFTA
Special to the People's Weekly World, 21 January 1995.
NAFTA's first year of pollution, poverty & corruption
By Bruce Bostick for the People's Weekly World, 7 Feburary 1995.
Nafta's environmental problems
By C. Gerald Fraser, Earth Times News Service, 22 January 1996. Despite predictions, NAFTA policies have led to serious pollution and health problems from maquiladora production near Mexican-US border.
Canada-U.S. ag trade tensions
From NAFTA & Inter-American Trade Monitor, 12 July 1996.
NAFTA labor challenge in Canada
NAFTA & Inter-American Trade Monitor, 6 November 1996. NAFTA's Tribunal on Labor Standards provision for wages threatened by Alberta's decision to privatize enforcement of labor standards.
NAFTA affects health and safety
From NAFTA Inter-American Trade Monitor, 13 December 1996. Mexican maquiladoras.
What's wrong with NAFTA? Look at Hyundai factory in Tijuana
By Larry Weiss, 11 July 1998. NAFTA supports exploitation of workers at Hyundae plant in Tijuana, Mexico, by blocking union organizing efforts in the maquiladora industries.
Canadian Labor Practices Reviewed
Associated Press, 18 December 1998. Canadian Teamsters appeal to U.S. National Administration Office under provisions of NAFTA sanction Canada for failure to enforce its own labor laws in the case of a McDonalds in Quebec.
School of Real-Life Results; Report Card. December 1998
1 January 1999. An extended review of the impact of NAFTA over the five years before 1999 (80 Kb).
Impact of NAFTA Eyed After 5 Years
By Michelle Mittelstadt, Associated Press Writer, 28 January 1999. Five years after the United States, Canada and Mexico entered into a new trade alliance, whether the North American Free Trade Agreement is a boon or a burden generally depends on who's evaluating it.
Antiunion Group Tries to Use Nafta To Push for Teams at Nonunion Firms
By Glenn Burkins, Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, 14 April 1999. The Labor Policy Association, in a complaint sent to the agency overseeing Nafta enforcement in Canada, wants the agency to hold hearings on the issue and ultimately levy financial sanctions against the U.S. to get employers' rights to undercut union organizing drives by the creation of labor-management teams at nonunion companies.
NAFTA a Mixed Blessing for Laredo
By Paul Duggan, Washington Post staff writer, 18 April 1999, Laredo, Texas, in the NAFTA era is a place ‘where government [trade] policy is turned into stark reality.’
NAFTA's Pain Deepens
From Economic Policy Institute, 1 December 1999. From 1994 through 1998, growth in the net export deficit with Mexico and Canada has destroyed 440,172 American jobs. The rate at which U.S. jobs are being destroyed by this agreement has only doubled in 1999, ensuring even greater employment sacrifices by the American workforce.