Happily Ever NAFTA?

Focuses on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and how it has boosted investment and trade, particularly between the United States and Mexico. Topics of productivity growth, decline in real manufacturing wages, and the negative impact of cheap U.S. corn imports on Mexican small farmers; Discussion of why NAFTA failed to reduce poverty or produce greater environmental spending; View that strong controls are needed to ensure that trade and investment support social goals.