Air and water pollution blighted northern Mexican cities long before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was a glimmer on the political horizon. Not surprisingly, when NAFTA became a political reality, environmentalists argued that commercial competition would weaken environmental...

Air and water pollution blighted northern Mexican cities long before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was a glimmer on the political horizon. Not surprisingly, when NAFTA became a political reality, environmentalists argued that commercial competition would weaken environmental...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Overview -- NAFTA in Historical Context -- Assessing NAFTA -- The Bottom Line -- References -- Appendix 1A NAFTA and Trade Generation: Review of the Literature -- Appendix 1B Trends in Mexican Imports since 2000 -- Chapter 2 Labor --...