North American Free Trade Agreement

Labor Action and Inaction in Colombia Free Trade Deal

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Labor, Latin America, Nafta, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Mexico, Free Trade, Globalization, Drug War, Diplomacy, North American Free Trade Agreement, Labor Unions, Unions, Barack Obama, World News
Michelle Chen

While officials convened at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena earlier this month, the White House put the finishing touches on another free trade agreement. The deal has faced vocal resistance from labor and human rights groups in both countries.

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Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez

NAFTA’s Long, Bumpy Road: Nearly 20 Years Later, First Mexican Truck Reaches U.S. Interior

HuffingtonPost.com | Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Free Trade, North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, Video, Latino Voices News

DALLAS -- Nearly two decades after the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the first Mexican truck ventured into the U.S. under provis...

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Labor Day Showdown: Can Advocates Stop 'NAFTA of the Pacific'?

Michelle Chen | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Global Economy, Free Trade, Globalization, Trans-Pacific Partnership, North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Tpp, Politics News
Michelle Chen

The provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are still under wraps, but the general outline seems to mimic NAFTA and similar pacts that have brought political and economic turmoil to rich and poor countries alike.

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NAFTA Cost U.S. 700k Jobs, Report Says

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 07.12.2011

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When the North American Free Trade Agreement was first signed in 1994, proponents said it would eventually create jobs for the U.S. economy. 17 ye...

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Weekly Diaspora: How Bad U.S.-Latin American Policy Fuels Unauthorized Immigration

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Cafta, Central American Free Trade Agreement, Cartels, Wells Fargo, Mexico, Free Trade, Obama, Immigration, North American Free Trade Agreement, Chiquita, Nafta, Wachovia, Barack Obama, El Salvador, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Colombia, New America Media, Panama, In These Times, Inter Press Service, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Too often, the immigration debate in this country ignores the role U.S. foreign policy plays in fue...

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More Free Trade Agreements? When NAFTA Failed?

Ian Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Panama Free Trade Agreement, North American Free Trade Agreement, Korea Free Trade Agreement, Colombia Free Trade, Nafta, Free Trade, Korus-Fta, Business News
Ian Fletcher

With the Republicans and the Obama administration attempting to rush headlong into a new trade agreements with Korea, and possibly also with Panama and Colombia, it is incumbent on Americans to apply a bit of empiricism.

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Corporate Rewards: Controlling U.S. Trade Policy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fair Trade, Cafta, Fta, Central American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Dmitri A. Medvedev, Free Trade, North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Colombia Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Supreme Court, Panama Free Trade Agreement, Gettysburg, Myron Brilliant, Lee Myunk-Bak, Thomas J. Donohue, Angela Merkel, Abraham Lincoln, New York Times, Korea Free Trade Agreement, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement would cost America 159,000 jobs and enlarge its trade deficit by $16.7 billion in its first seven years.

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Obama Needs a Gergen

Charles Kolb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Kolb

President Obama has a problem in his White House, and it is not Rahm Emanuel, but rather the overly parochial and partisan instincts that are driving Independent voters into the Republican camp.

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Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Carlsen

A war of words has raged over whether President-elect Barack Obama will hold to his campaign promise of opening up the North American Free Trade Agreement for renegotiation.

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