López Obrador Pivots on NAFTA

López Obrador Pivots on NAFTA

Ahead of his inauguration, president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has warmed up to NAFTA as he eyes fossil fuel ...
Washington’s ‘Divide and Conquer’ Free Trade Agenda

Washington’s ‘Divide and Conquer’ Free Trade Agenda

From the defeat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas in 2005, to Washington’s sub-regional free-trade showdowns, to now, ...
Washington’s ‘Divide and Conquer’ Free Trade Agenda

Washington’s ‘Divide and Conquer’ Free Trade Agenda

From the defeat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas in 2005, to Washington’s sub-regional free-trade showdowns, to now, ...
Mexico: The Cost of U.S. Dumping

Mexico: The Cost of U.S. Dumping

For years developing countries have complained that rich countries undermine their agricultural development by "dumping" surplus commodities on them—that is, ...
Displaced People: NAFTA’s Most Important Product

Displaced People: NAFTA’s Most Important Product

Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993, the U.S. Congress has debated and passed ...
Armoring NAFTA: The Battleground for Mexico’s Future

Armoring NAFTA: The Battleground for Mexico’s Future

In March 2005, the leaders of the three NAFTA countries, U.S. president George W. Bush, Mexican president Vicente Fox, and ...
Elections in Mexico: What’s the Use?

Elections in Mexico: What’s the Use?

Mexico’s much vaunted “transition to democracy” is conventionally thought to have taken place in the period bounded by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas’s ...
Desolation: Mexican Campesinos and Agriculture in the 21st Century

Desolation: Mexican Campesinos and Agriculture in the 21st Century

The European Union has steadfastly opposed agricultural trade liberalization, as proposed by the United States, with arguments in favor of ...