NAFTA

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Site: Frequently Asked Questions 
2. Wikipedia: North American Free Trade Agreement
3. Bloomberg: "Corn, Sugar to Trade Freely as Final Nafta Tariffs Are Ended" (December 28, 2007)
4. Newspaper Tree: "NAFTA at Fourteen: Historic Showdown Looms" (December 27, 2007)
5. Econimic Policy Institute: "Revisiting NAFTA - Still Not Working For North America's Workers" (2006)
6. Google News: NAFTA
7. Video: NAFTA Superhighway (Time: 2:57)

NAFTA Recent News Stories

• New York Times: North American Free Trade Agreement
• ABC News: McCain: Obama Misleading Voters on Nafta (February 28, 2008)
• International Herald Tribune: "Mexico's Protection for Farm Goods Runs Out" (December 29, 2007) 
• The Economist: Commerce between friends and foes (October 4, 2007)
• The Canadian Press: "Free Trade with U.S. a Boom for Elites, a Bust for Most" (December 29, 2007)
• Presna Latina: "NAFTA means Mexico Economic Death" (December 27, 2007)
• Public Citizen: "Congress Kills Funding for NAFTA Trucks Pilot" (December 26, 2007)
• AlertNet: "Beware the NAFTA Super Highway!" (December 26, 2007)
• USA Today: "Edwards Condemns NAFTA, Says 'It Has Hurt Workers'" (December 9, 2007) 
• New York Times: "Nafta Should Have Stopped Illegal Immigration, Right?" (February 18, 2007)

NAFTA Background and Causes

History

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection: NAFTA Law and Legislative History
• World History Archive: History of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
• National Association of Manufacturers: NAFTA Background Report  
• Green Party Worldwide: "A Brief History of GATT and NAFTA" (1993)

Effects

• AlertNet: "Globalization Is Fueling Global Warming" (December 28, 2007)
• Congressional Budget Office: "The Pros And Cons Of Pursuing Free-Trade Agreements" (2003)
• The Heritage Foundation: "The Effects Of NAFTA On Exports, Jobs..." (2001)
• IIPE: "Some Thoughts on NAFTA and Trade Integration in the American Continent" (2000)
• Earlham College: Environmental Effects Of NAFTA (1997)

Canadian Perspective

• Official Site: Overview Of The NAFTA and Frequently Asked Questions
• World Net Daily: "Canada Openly Proclaims NAFTA Superhighway" (December 8, 2007)
• Providence Island Journal: "Canada and NAFTA" ( November 27, 2007) 
• APEC: "Canada’s Experience in NAFTA" (2003) (562KB) 

Human Rights Concerns

• UN Chronicle: "Trade Successes and Human Rights Failures" (2006)
• Human Rights Watch: "Trading Away Rights" (2001)
• Global Exchange: "Corporate Rights Above Human Rights" (2001)
• Library of Parliment: "Human Rights in the Context of Economic Integration of the Americas" (1997)
• The Peace and Enviroment Resource Center: "NAFTA Jeopardizes Human Rights" (1993)

NAFTA Superhighway

• TownHall: The NAFTA Super Highway (August 29, 2007) 
• The Nation: "The NAFTA Superhighway" (August 27, 2007) 
• U.S. House of Representatives: "The NAFTA Superhighway" (2006)
• Human Events: Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway (2006)

NAFTA Commentary and Criticism

• New York Times: "NAFTA Demagoguery" (December 3, 2007)
• Reason Online: "Tuning Out the World" (October, 2007)
• Free Republic: "New Texas Truck Road Drives NAFTA Criticism" (April 9, 2007)
• Time Magazine: "Bush in Mexico: Whatever Happened to NAFTA?" (2006)
• New York Times: "The Broken Promise Of Nafta" (2004)
• Peterson Institute: "A Friendly North American Initiative" (2004)
• The Nation: "A Spectacular Success?" (2004)
• CounterPunch: "NPR And NAFTA Highway" (2003)

NAFTA Message Boards and Blogs

• Baltimore Sun: The Swamp: NAFTA, the Five Letter Word (December 9, 2007)
• People for the American Way: God Using NAFTA to Stop Homosexuality? (November 28, 2007)
• New York Times: Clinton Is New to Nafta Criticism, Obama Says (November 18, 2007)
• Latin America News Review: Obama, Clinton & the NAFTA Kabuki Dance (November 15, 2007)
• Campaign for America's Future: Clinton Announces Support for NAFTA Expansion (November 8, 2007)
• Indypendent: Life After NAFTA (October 29, 2007)

NAFTA Central Figures

George W. Bush

• Mahalo's Guide to George W. Bush
• Huffington Post: "George Bush and Lies About The Economy" (October 12, 2007) 
• International Herald Tribune: "Bush Praises NAFTA at Summit Meeting in Canada" () 
• The Globalist: "George Bush and the End of Globalization?" (2003)

Stephen Harper

• Mahalo's Guide to Stephen Harper
• The Canadian: "The Security and Prosperity Partnership" (December 14, 2007) 
• Official Site: "Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with President-Elect of Mexico Felipe Calderón" (2006)
• CBC News: "Harper Ready To Talk To Bush About NAFTA's Future" (2005)

Felipe Calderón

• Mahalo's Guide to Felipe Calderón
• Latin Business Chronicle: "President Calderon Boosts Foreign Investment" (December 17, 2007)
• CNN: "Dobbs: Bush Could Learn From Mexico's President" (March 14, 2007)
• NPR: "Border Talks on Tap as 'NAFTA' Leaders Meet in Mexico" (2006)