NAFTA

Court Upholds NAFTA Tribunal In Ruling Over Ottawa""s PCB Move: $8-Million Judgment

National Post's Financial Post | By Ian Jack | January 15, 2004 OTTAWA - The Federal Court has thrown out a government appeal of a multi-million-dollar judgment under NAFTA's controversial Chapter 11.

NAFTA Limitationss

The Boston Globe | January 5, 2004 THE NORTH American Free Trade Agreement celebrated its 10th anniversary on New Year's Day. NAFTA has boosted trade among the United States, Mexico, and Canada, and the agreement has not resulted in the sweeping erosion of jobs that its US opponents feared. Nor has it resolved deep-seated problems that have kept Mexico from fulfilling its potential.

Trade-Canada: Numbers Up, Workers Down After 10 Years Of Nafta

Inter Press Service | By Mark Bourrie | December 31, 2004 North America's trade deal drove down the real wages of Canadian workers by about 20 percent -- if they did not lose their jobs altogether, says globalisation critic Murray Dobbin, author of a critical book about Canada's new prime minister, Paul Martin.

Mexico Now Feels Pinch of Cheap Labor

Washington Post | By Mary Jordan | Dec. 3, 2003 SANTA ANA CHIAUTEMPAN, Mexico -- The "China threat," as people around this textile town call it, struck here last week, costing 80 jobs in a factory that makes blankets.

Mad Cows -- Ottawa""s Fear of NAFTA

Country Life in BC | November 2003 Canada's cows should be MAD! It took a while to dispel the "spin", but by mid-October, Canada's ranchers finally had the straight goods: "Yes, NAFTA applies. No, we are not going to use it. Why? Because we prefer a "soft approach". Euphemisms aside, Canada is AFRAID to use NAFTA to reopen the US border to Canadian beef.

Suffering From Free Trade Woes

The Miami Herald | By JANE BUSSEY | October 20, 2003 Mexico's trade troubles The textile executive's complaints about Chinese competition have a familiar ring.

Canada Launches Nafta Challenge Of U.S. Wheat Ruling

USDA FAS Daily Attache Report Digest | October 1, 2003

ADM Files Notice Of Intent To Submit Claim Against Government Of Mexico For Violations Of The Investment Provisions Of The NAFTA

www.admworld.com | By Brian Peterson | October 14, 2003

Appeal Of Decision Is Likely

Grand Forks Herald | By Jerry Hagstrom | October 13, 2003

N.C. Job Losses Spur Anger, Fear In Textile Belt

News Observer (Raleigh, NC) | By Rob Christensen, Amy Gardner | September 28, 2003 WILKESBORO --Tammy Johnson watched her job hauled out the door at Ansell Golden Needles, one of a dozen textile factories to shut down in Wilkes County in the past three years.