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As the article indicates, the problems with NAFTA are related to our trade partner to the south. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #1
...and to the South, Mexico has been transformed into a middle class country with full employment bhikkhu Jan 2012 #5
notsureifserious! You've heard of the severed heads, millions of impoverished expats in el Norte? Romulox Jan 2012 #6
There's more to Mexico that the drug wars along the border. bhikkhu Jan 2012 #14
OK. But you claimed that Mexico has been "transformed". Why so many millions fleeing, then? Romulox Jan 2012 #15
Mexico's emigration rate is effectively zero bhikkhu Jan 2012 #18
Over what period of time? The last year or two? There are over 10 million *illegal* Mexican Romulox Jan 2012 #20
Huh? marmar Jan 2012 #8
Why can't Mexico (China etc.) manufacture for and sell to millions within their borders? FredStembottom Jan 2012 #9
The Mexican story PETRUS Jan 2012 #10
while millions have become "middle class" - bhikkhu Jan 2012 #13
Those statistics are true PETRUS Jan 2012 #19
I wouldn't use the single metric of trading volume with Canada to measure success PETRUS Jan 2012 #7
In the US that is true, but not so much true elsewhere bhikkhu Jan 2012 #17
The data for Canada in that graph ends in the 1990's PETRUS Jan 2012 #22
The American people need to know and understand this. This is crucial to understanding the current think Jan 2012 #2
Who do we vote for if we want to see NAFTA renegotiated??? Obama gave us "free trade" with Korea Romulox Jan 2012 #3
Maybe he'll give us a second chance by promising that again. It worked the first time. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #26
A big shout-out to Bill Clinton on that one. nt Snotcicles Jan 2012 #4
And to William Daley who helped Clinton get a sufficient number of Democratic votes to approve it. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #27
+1 Snotcicles Jan 2012 #29
How the three main trade partners applied the profits of expanded trade might be instructive: bhikkhu Jan 2012 #11
Care to answer questions re: your outrageous assertions, upthread? You don't sound more Romulox Jan 2012 #12
I didn't think they were outrageous, though I know its not a conventional viewpoint bhikkhu Jan 2012 #21
You are ignoring issues like: massive violence, corruption, inequality, and millions of economic Romulox Jan 2012 #23
Good points. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #28
The reality is far less rosy than you seem to think. PETRUS Jan 2012 #16
Your argument misses one very important fact Zalatix Jan 2012 #24
Here's another thread on a similar issue: Heywood J Jan 2012 #25
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