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Contends the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a measure designed to eliminate trade barriers, appears to be a victory on the job front for Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Details of a new study conducted by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR); Assertion that NAFTA will cause problems for low-job-skill Americans.

Discusses the nontrade issues pertaining to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; US President George Bush; Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney; The substantive debate; Environmental problems; The social agenda; Health and safety; Toward greater democracy; Human rights in transition; Connecting the debates; Conclusion.

Considers the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the problems that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, President George Bush and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari are likely to have selling it to their respective legislatures. Short-term costs of adjustment; Sales job facing Mulroney; Current unemployment in Canada; Preliminary summary of the agreement; Comments. INSET: A blueprint for freer markets, by Julie Cazzin..

Reports on Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's warning on Mexico after the phaseout of the North American tariffs. North American Free Trade Agreement's boost to Mexican self-esteem; Competitive shortcomings; NAFTA's effects on Mexican productivity; Survey on average salaries in Mexico; President of Little's Mexican group Roberto E. Batres' vision of industrial wages' growth. INSET: A TALK WITH SALINAS: 'THERE'S NO MORE SAYING MANANA'.

Editorial. Features the January 1994 uprising of Mexican Indians belonging to the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico against the Mexican Government. Reasons behind the uprising; Ideology of the ELZN; Reaction of the Mexican Government; Opinion of Mexican President Carlos Salinas; Effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Mexico's economy.

Discusses the effect of the approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Japanese investments in Mexico. Reassurance to the Japanese that Mexico's economic reforms will continue when President Carlos Salinas de Gortari leaves office in 1994.

Says Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, President George Bush and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari will sign the North American Free Trade Agreement this week in San Antonio, Tex. In anticipation, Montreal-based CN Rail and Oakland, Calif.-based APL Land Transport Services announced the startup this week of a railway container service that directly links the three countries.

Presents a number of reasons why Congress should kill the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Mexico and Canada. Environmental pollution, labor exploitation and industrial slums of the maquiladora zone along the US border in Mexico; Other trade alliances in the Western Hemisphere; Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's iron fist over labor; Similarities of present-day labor problems in Mexico and the problems US labor faced in the 1930s; Details.

Argues that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will not be as beneficial to Mexico as Mexican President Carlos Salinas would have people believe. Also argues against Salinas' neo-liberal economic policies, including tax reform, land reform and privatization. Economic deregulation and foreign investment; Social costs of neo-liberalism; Statistics on education, poverty, wages and so forth; The Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) one-party rule.

Discusses the repercussions of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on lawyers' practice, with emphasis on employment prospects in Mexico. Foreign market for lawyers' business practice; NAFTA provisions favorable to lawyers' practice; Factors that revolutionized the Mexican economic advances; Contributions of Mexican President Carlos Salinas.

Presents remarks by President George Bush following a meeting with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, San Diego, Calif., July 1992, the chronology of the NAFTA negotiations and a summary of the elements of the agreement. Increased numbers of US jobs built on exports to Mexico; Pressing ahead with parallel efforts; Details of the NAFTA. INSET: Consultations with Congress and the public..

Discusses the history of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Integration of the economies of Canada, United States, and Mexico into a single trade block; Role of George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Reforms in the economy of Mexico; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; History of NAFTA; Full integration and restructuring of North America's economy.

Pictures the major players who participated in last week's signing in San Antonio, Texas, of the North American Free Trade Agreement, an event that took place just six blocks south of the fabled mission-fortress, the Alamo. Symbolic ceremony attended by Presidents George Bush and Carlos Salinas de Gortari (Mexico), Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and respective trade ministers; Passage deemed rocky in US and Canada; Predictions NAFTA will be approved.

Discusses the implication of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Mexico. Indifference of the United States on NAFTA's effect on Mexico; President Carlos Salinas' aggressive dismantling of Mexico's statist and protectionist policies; Mexico's sensitivity to NAFTA's cost to its sovereignty and national identity; Dealing with NAFTA's implementation.

Analyzes the issues of race and class in the agrarian rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico. Influence of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the rebellion; Historical background on the conflict in Chiapas; Promotion of Article 27 by Mexican revolutionary leader Alvaro Obregon; Removal of Article 27 by the Carlos Salinas government; Influx of Mayan refugees from Guatemala.

Reports that if the North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect in 1994 as scheduled, drug agents on President-elect Bill Clinton's southern border patrol may have to make room for environmental and labor-law investigators. Results of the meeting last week with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Making Mexico's environmental and labor standards like America's.

Presents a commentary by Paul R. Krugman, an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who argues that the North American free-trade agreement (NAFTA) won't tear the continent's three leading economies apart. The nations of North America have already moved toward free trade; Mexico President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has opened its markets; The big effect of the NAFTA; Concerns that large numbers of American jobs will be lost to Mexico; More.

Reports that as the North American free-trade talks move toward agreement, the United States has a once-in-a-century chance to bind Mexico closer to the United States, economically, culturally and politically. How Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has led his country to robust economic growth; Both Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and President George Bush have spoken of a free-trade agreement with Mexico; The implications of such an agreement.

Discusses how the North American free-trade agreement that would link the United States, Mexico and Canada has fallen prey to politics. President George Bush's campaign advisers are telling him to shelve efforts to reach an accord before November. The agreement's opponents on Capitol Hill; How a delay could hurt both the treaty and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Congressional hearings are airing gripes.

Discusses the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Signing of NAFTA in December 1992 by United States President George Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and Mexican President Carlos Salinas; Comprehensivenesss of the free trade pact; Broad goal of NAFTA; Disagreement over the substance of the negotiated agreement; NAFTA's most ardent critics; Chances of NAFTA's passage.

Cites winners and losers in the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Winners include President Bill Clinton, who almost overnight was transformed from feckless blabbermouth to fearsome dealmaker. Other winners: President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico, jobs, business, free trade; Losers: unions, Ross Perot; Details.

Considers the chances of legislative approval for the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the United States. Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gotari's ecstatic reaction to the conclusion of negotiations on this measure; Belief that the proposal will run into trouble in the US Senate.

Predicts that the 14 months of negotiations among the US, Canada and Mexico to complete the North American Free Trade Agreement was the easy part: the task of persuading lawmakers in all three countries to ratify the deal is likely to meet with stiff resistance. Scope of the agreement; Reception to the agreement in Japan; Criticisms from Congress.

Discusses the influence of the so-called North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) generation in Mexico in 1997. The young Mexicans influenced by the flow of ideas through NAFTA as partially responsible for the defeat of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in the July elections; How their ideas have changed the political scene in Mexico; Their distrust of the establishment; The impact they will have on the economy. INSET: Return of the man who would be..., by Michael S. Serrill et al..

Looks at some of the political and economic problems facing Mexico's President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon. The free fall by the peso; The letter that Zedillo received from Subcommandant Marcos, leader of the uprising in Chiapas in 1994; The United States, that is tied to Mexico by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Questions why President Bill Clinton, who was making progress with Congress on the North American Free Trade Agreement, is risking giving last minute national television exposure to Ross Perot, NAFTA's loudest foe. Debate with Vice President Al Gore; Three proposed debates; Republican NAFTA supporters drafted by Clinton; Clinton's failure to capture the public's ear; Strange assortment of public figures in opposition; Why NAFTA is important.

Examines the impact the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is expected to have on a number of US industries, including motor vehicles and parts, telecommunications and textiles and apparel. How the President Bill Clinton administration's foot dragging may threaten the treaty; Why Americans shouldn't be concerned about low Mexican wages; NAFTA's main impact in Mexico; Opportunities the treaty offers US industries; More.

Discusses the impact of a possible rejection of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by Congress. Morning-after scenario; Defeat's effect on Bill Clinton's presidency and the United States' reputation as a world trade leader; Battle for the passage of NAFTA: Agreement's impact on the economy; Effect of NAFTA's loss on Mexico and Latin America; Rifts in the Democratic Party. INSET: NAFTA: IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT JOBS.

Discusses the issues regarding the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Expected benefits for Mexico's economy; Lost of momentum of the country' economic recovery if NAFTA is rejected; Implications on President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Proponents of NAFTA; Criticisms; Comments by various personalities.

Discusses the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the United States, Canada and Mexico. Increase of American industrial presence in Mexico; Alliances among companies of the three countries; Real test of NAFTA; Business confidence in NAFTA; Creation of jobs for North American workers; Reduction of corporate costs; Export of cars to the south; NAFTA as America's strategic response to the global economy.

Discusses the state of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Talks between Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President George Bush; Mr. Bush's relationship with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gotari; Details of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative (EAI).

Assesses the Mexican economic recession. Rising unemployment; Layoffs; Falling retail sales; Unhappy industrialists; President Carlos Salinas' decision to push ahead with free-trade and open-market policies designed to force the country's industry to compete with the world; Avoiding recessions by traditional means; View that controlled expansion would cushion the blow to investor confidence if the American Congress fails to ratify the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Reflects on the 1991 free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Mexico and the United States with the presence of United States President George Bush and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari held in Monterrey, Mexico. Argument on the effect of low wages in Mexico; Discussion on US-Mexico arrangement known as maquiladora system; Elimination of investment barriers in Mexico; Mexico as the American export market.