That’s it. We talk so much about NAFTA, argue many economists, because it’s become a symbol of things much greater than itself – namely, globalization. “NAFTA’s got blamed for ...

To complicate the picture even more, the World Trade Organization, which was established in 1994 to accelerate globalization, has had a major impact on farmers in all three NAFTA countries.

Sponsor Message And since NAFTA, trade has regularly been a contentious topic, prompting debate and protests. "Globalization" has become a term both praised and scorned. Still, quantifying NAFTA's ...

Before NAFTA, Mexico was a closed ... That had set up a perfect storm of mass unemployment. The trade accord, globalization and foreign investment did help create jobs, albeit low-paid ones.

trade deals have hastened the pace of these changes in that they have “reinforced the globalization of the American economy.” How did it affect the Mexican economy? NAFTA boosted Mexican farm ...

Yet NAFTA set off the chain of events that allowed globalization to run free the way it did. It gave the free traders a big win and reshaped the coalitions to their advantage. There have also been ...

Piedad Urquiza probably doesn't know much about NAFTA, but she knows what it's like to have a steady job. Urquiza works at a Delphi Corp. (DPH) auto-parts plant in Ciudad Juárez, just across the ...

The anti-globalization narrative invites Democrats ... The median US worker has higher real earnings today than when NAFTA was signed, which is partly a result of trade liberalization.

the city’s streets exploded with anti-globalization protesters objecting to the emergent economic system embodied by the new W.T.O. and NAFTA. The protesters were concerned that lower wages and ...