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March 21, 2008
| Author: | Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor |
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Backgrounder
A look at the basics of the North American Free Trade Agreement, its overall economic impact, and its effect on workers in the United States.
See more in Economics, Labor, Trade
Updated: March 18, 2008
Online Debate
Jeffrey J. Schott, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Thea M. Lee, policy director for the AFL-CIO, debate what the next president should do on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
February 28, 2008
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Edward Alden, a CFR trade and immigration expert, says it is wrong to pin blame on NAFTA for the ills of the U.S. economy. Most of the competition that has affected U.S. manufacturing has come from the rest of the world, he says.
See more in Trade, U.S. Election 2008
September 15, 2005
| Speaker: | Vicente Fox Quesada, President, United Mexican States |
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Transcript
May 17, 2005
Audio
See more in United States, Canada, Mexico
March 14, 2005
Audio
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January 1, 1994
Essential Documents
Treaty
See more in Canada, Mexico, United States, Trade
January 1, 1994
Essential Documents
Agreement
See more in Canada, Mexico, United States, Energy/Environment
September 13, 1993
Essential Documents
Agreement
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