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Don't Be Sour over Nafta

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Chelsea Wieber
Topics: Trade, Agriculture
Countries: United States, Mexico, Canada

The New York Times reports that despite concern over Nafta among Mexican farmers and U.S. big sugar companies, in time Nafta should make the U.S. consumer and the Mexican farmer better off.

Keywords: Nafta

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Workers Suffer Continent-Wide Under NAFTA

Posted on August 13, 2007
Countries: Canada, Mexico
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
A new three-country report shows that NAFTA has not lived up to its promise of better jobs and faster growth for Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
Keywords: US, trade, Nafta

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Globalization - Is Canada Ready?

Posted on March 6, 2007
Countries: Canada
Previously filed under: Global Economy
Maureen O'Neil, President of The International Development Research Centre in Canada weighs in on where Canada fits into the larger globalization scheme.
Keywords: the G20, IDRC, globalization

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Freer Trade Would Benefit U.S. the Most

Posted on June 6, 2006
Countries: Brazil, Canada
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
The U.S.'s practice of protecting its own goods and blocking free trade is, in the long run, doing more harm than good.
Keywords: U.S., globalization, free trade

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