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Research Sources
We’re grateful to the following resources for providing background information for this activity:
Government
- Central Intelligence Agency,
- The World Factbook (2008).
- Congressional Budget Office,
- “The Effects of NAFTA on U.S.-Mexican Trade and GDP” (May 2003).
- Kennickell, Arthur B.,
- “A Rolling Tide: Changes in the Distribution of Wealth in the U.S., 1989–2001,” Federal Reserve Board (September 2003).
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative,
- 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (Canada and Mexico).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
- “Consumer Expenditures in 2006” (June 2005).
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service,
- “Percent of Income Spent on Food in United States Since 1930.”
- U.S. Department of State,
- “Protectionism in the Interwar Period.”
- U.S. Office of the Trade Representative,
- “NAFTA: A Strong Record of Success” (March 2006).
Articles and Background
- Angus Reid Global Monitor,
- “Many Canadians Want to Renegotiate NAFTA” (July 22, 2008).
- Armstrong, David,
- “CAFTA Friends, Foes State Their Case on Free Trade Deal: Central America Pact Goes to House After OK by Senate,” San Francisco Chronicle (Sunday, July 3, 2005).
- Associated Press,
- “U.S. Commerce Secretary: NAFTA a Success, Should Be Strengthened” (February 27, 2008).
- Black, Conrad,
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, PublicAffairs (2005).
- Bordo, Michael D., Alan M. Taylor, Jeffrey G. Williamson, National Bureau of Economic Research,
- Globalization in Historical Perspective, University of Chicago Press (2003).
- Campbell, Bruce,
- Living With Uncle: Canada-U.S. Relations in an Age of Empire, Lorimer (2006).
- CBC News: In Depth,
- “Summit of the Americas: NAFTA” (April 21, 2008).
- Chase, Steven,
- “Ottawa Plays Oil Card in NAFTA Spat,” Globe and Mail (February 28, 2008).
- Cowan, Tyler,
- “Freer Trade Could Fill the World’s Rice Bowl,” The New York Times (April 27, 2008).
- DeLong, Brad,
- “Afta Thoughts on NAFTA,” Speech delivered at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley (October 16, 2006).
- DePalma, Anthony,
- “Income Gap in Mexico Grows, and So Do Protests,” The New York Times (July 20, 1996).
- DePalma, Anthony,
- “NAFTA’s Powerful Little Secret; Obscure Tribunals Settle Disputes, But Go Too Far, Critics Say,” The New York Times (March 11, 2001).
- The Economist,
- “How to Smite Smoot” (March 27, 2008).
- Engardio, Pete, Geri Smith and Jane Sasseen,
- “What You Don’t Know About NAFTA,” Business Week (March 19, 2008).
Faux, Jeff, “NAFTA at 10,” The Nation (January 15, 2004). - Gerth, Jeff, and Tim Weiner,
- “Tainted Imports: Imports Swamp U.S. Food-Safety Efforts,” The New York Times (September 29, 1997).
- Goldsborough, James O.,
- “Farm Problems Expose Weak Link of NAFTA,” The San Diego Union Tribune (January 2, 2003).
- Greising, David,
- “Official: Mexico Open to New NAFTA Talks,” Chicago Tribune (August 2, 2008).
- Grynbaum, Michael,
- “Living Costs Rising Fast, and Wages Are Trailing,” The New York Times (August 14, 2008).
- Hayes, Monte,
- “Peru Celebrates Potato Diversity,” The Washington Post (June 24, 2007).
- Human Rights Watch,
- “Trading Away Rights: The Unfulfilled Promise of NAFTA’s Labor Side Agreement” (April 2001).
- Iritani, Evelyn,
- “State Wins MTBE Ruling,” Los Angeles Times (August 10, 2005).
- Irwin, Douglas A., and Amity Shlaes,
- “Democrats Once Did Free Trade,” The Wall Street Journal (August 2, 2008).
- Johnston, David Cay,
- “Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows,” The New York Times (March 29, 2007).
- Kurylo, L.V., and S.J. Maffei,
- “Understanding the Legal Status of the World’s Largest Business Market: The European Union,” Review of Business (Spring/Summer 2007).
- Leonhardt, David,
- “Seeing Inflation Only in the Prices That Go Up,” The New York Times (May 7, 2008).
- “The Politics of Trade in Ohio,” The New York Times (February 27, 2008).
Lotter, Don, “Growing Corn in Mexico, Post-NAFTA,” Rodale Institute (August 3, 2004). - Lowenstein, Roger,
- “Tariff to Nowhere,” The New York Times Magazine (June 15, 2008).
- MySanAntonio.com,
- “Calderon Vows to Look U.S. in the Eye” (April 1, 2008).
- Nadal, Alejandro,
- “The Environmental and Social Impacts of Economic Liberalization on Corn Production in Mexico,” World Wildlife Fund Great Britain and Oxfam International (September 2000).
- Nasar, Sylvia,
- “Economic Scene: Trade-Pact Fears Seem Overstated,” The New York Times (August 6, 1992).
- Papademetriou, Demetrios, John Audley, Sandra Polaski and Scott Vaughan,
- “NAFTA’s Promise and Reality: Lessons From Mexico for the Hemisphere,” Carnegie Endowment Report (November 2003).
- Passel, Jeffrey,
- “Unauthorized Migrants: Numbers and Characteristics,” Pew Hispanic Center (June 14, 2005).
- Peesker, Saira,
- “Tainted Tomatoes Could Have Come From Mexico,” CTV.ca (June 10 2008).
- Peterson, Luke Eric,
- “Drowning in Chapter 11 Lawsuits,” Embassy: Canada’s Foreign Policy Newspaper (April 16, 2008).
- Porter, Eduardo,
- “Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions,” The New York Times (April 5, 2005).
- Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch,
- “Trade Deficit in Food Safety: Proposed NAFTA Expansions Replicate Limits on U.S. Food Safety Policy That Are Contributing to Unsafe Food Imports” (July 2007).
- Roy, J., and R. Domínguez, eds.,
- “The European Union and Regional Integration: A Comparative Perspective and Lessons for the Americas,” Journal of Common Market Studies (December 2007).
- Scott, Alwyn,
- “Canadians Want U.S. to Pay for Beef Ban,” The Seattle Times (March 1, 2005). Sornarajah, Muthucumaraswam, Court File 01CV208141, Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
- Stuppan, Steven, and Karen Lehman,
- “Food Security and Agricultural Trade Under NAFTA,” Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (June 11, 1997).
- Teslik, Lee Hudson,
- “NAFTA’s Economic Impact,” Council on Foreign Relations (March 21, 1008).
- Uchitelle, Louis,
- “NAFTA Should Have Stopped Illegal Immigration, Right?” The New York Times (February 18, 2007).
- Venkataraman, Bina,
- “Amid Salmonella Case, Food Industry Seems Set to Back Greater Regulation,” The New York Times (July 31, 2008).
- Walsh, Mark, and Olga R. Rodriguez,
- “Few Safeguards for Mexican Produce Heading North,” Associated Press (September 14, 2008).
- Weisbrot, Mark, David Rosnick and Dean Baker,
- “NAFTA at Ten: The Recount,” Center for Economic and Policy Research (March 2004).
- Wolinetz, Steven B.,
- “Comparing Canada, the European Union and NAFTA: Comparative Capers and Constitutional Conundrums,” Miami European Center (August 2003).
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