The New Gospel: North American Free Trade

...we are used to thinking that imperi- alism only wants to keep us in misery. I believe that was true

A WILD CARD NOT ANTICIPATED BY EITHER supporters or opponents of the FTA was President Bush's June 27 unveiling of

If Marx were alive to contemplate Haiti and Paraguay today, he might well declare a new law of history. Something

It became official in February. The U.S.-Mexico free trade negotiations will include Canada as a full participant. Subject to Congressional

Mexico’s impending entry into the North American free trade area bodes ill for most of its people. In spite of

NEARLY HALF-A-MILLION MEXICANS ARE currently employed in maquiladoras-the 1,500 in- bond assembly plants clustered along Mexico's northern border. These overwhelmingly

On a recent visit to the States a friend asked me, "So, are the Sandinistas washed up?" I took a

PERHAPS THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT FEA- tures limiting popular discontent in Mexico originate in the unique set of bilateral relations

THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IS A COMPLEX legal document. The following provides a sample of how the FTA has worked

The North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, which promises to unite Mexico, Canada and the United States in an economic

THE PRO-NAFTA FORCES IN WASHINGTON tend to discount the notion that free trade could face significant opposition insi'de Mexico. They

—The Economics of Interdependence: Mexico and the United States edited by William Glade and Cassio Luiselli, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies,