NAFTA

25 years after NAFTA was negotiated, the economic impact of the trade deal is far more ambiguous and significantly less interesting than its political impact.

U.S. President Barack Obama will meet his Canadian and Mexican counterparts in Ottawa for the tenth North American Leaders’ Summit. The summit represents an...

Twenty years after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into effect, the deal has brought neither the huge gains its proponents promised nor the dramatic...

Although the North American Free Trade Agreement succeeded in liberalizing trade, over the 20 years since the treaty entered into force, it has failed to deepen...

In the 20 years since the North American Free Trade Agreement entered into force, the agreement has proved to be an economic boon. But if North America is to remain...

International cooperation is increasingly taking place outside formal institutions, as frustrated actors turn to informal groups and ad hoc venues. The resulting...

Even as Mexico continues to struggle with grave security threats, its steady rise is transforming the country's economy, society, and political system. Given Mexico...

It's time to integrate further with Canada and Mexico, not separate from them.

In just ten years, NAFTA has created the world's most formidable free trade area. But in the absence of true partnerships and multilateral institutions, movement...

With so many players involved, the eagerly anticipated Free Trade Area of the Americas is likely to wind up a shallow project. A better way to jump-start...

Americans like to take the stability of their southern NAFTA partner for granted. But while things are going well in Mexico, a backlash is brewing. The end of one...

For the United States, the benefits of NAFTA are minimal but real. What the trade agreement is really about is helping a friendly and important neighbor.

Exaggerated claims and charges are obscuring the facts about the North American Free Trade Agreement. Over time, in almost every instance, what's good for Mexico...

The Salinas regime has ardently pursued the North American Free Trade Agreement as a silver bullet to kill myriad political and economic problems. But NAFTA as it...

California is the most populous state in the United States. Its gross economic product is seventh in the world, well ahead of China or Canada. Given its massive...

Latin American countries have taken giant strides toward institutionalizing democracy, market economics and hemispheric community. However, widespread...

A new continentalism took hold on February 5, 1991, when the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States announced they would negotiate a North American Free...

"Driven primarily by security interests, the United States has often oscillated between intervention to prevent a foreign rival from gaining a foothold and neglect...