The NAFTA Scam

Part I of Essay
It is now three years since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) became law. The results are in: NAFTA is a disaster for workers in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The U.S. and Canada have lost thousands of jobs because of NAFTA. Mexico is trapped in a seve ....

Part II of Essay
.... on American workers American workers know what has happened to them because of NAFTA: loss of jobs and a decline in living standards. How could NAFTA have such a devastating impact on American workers? In 1993, the year before NAFTA was passed, the U.S. had a $1.7 billion trade surplus with Mexico. This means that Mexicans were buying more American goods than Americans were buying from Mexico. After NAFTA, however, the situation was reversed. American business fled to Mexico in search of lower wages and lax labor and environmental regulati ....