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Search results for "NAFTA" ...
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The Daughters of Juarez
The book investigates the series of murders that have been occurring to women and girls in Juarez, Mexico for over ten years. The authors also explore the impact that NAFTA has had on the local economy.
Tags: murder; Mexico; economy; Juarez; El Paso; North American Free Trade; factories; law enforcement; rape; DNA testing; Amnesty International;
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The Town NAFTA Forgot
This article tells the story of a town, Nogales, split between Arizona and Mexico. The Mexican portion is flourishing while the Arizona town suffers. Both towns are defined by their location and their foreign half.
Tags: maquiladora; North American Free Trade Agreement; border
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Nafta's Powerful Little Secret
The New York Times examines NAFTA and the effectiveness of the international tribunals put in place to handle disputes between investors and foreign governments.
Tags: NAFTA; tribunals; disputes; international trade; government; globalization; corporations
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Shaky Numbers: Layoffs Not Related to Nafta Can Trigger Special Help Anyway
The Journal reports that a number of employers have been certified by the Labor Department as victims of the free trade agreement NAFTA, and have become eligible for certain training and other benefits for laid off employees. But in fact, the story finds, many of the presumed 'victims' say their problems and the layoffs have nothing to do with NAFTA. "Even some who benefit from the program say it is on some way a political charade."
Tags: laid-off workers; Mexico. Canada; free trade; job market
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On the Borderline: Nafta Reality Check: Trucks, Trains, Ships Face Costly Delays
The Journal reports that "trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement is hitting a giant pothole: There aren't enough bridges, rails and docks to handle the goods, and the existing structures are often in the wrong places, mired in the traffic of busy downtowns. The result can be hours-long delays for billions of dollars of goods crossing North American borders."
Tags: cargo; infrastructure; ports; Mexico; Veracruz; transportation; international trading
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Dead Tired: On the Road with Weary Truckers
The Kansas City Star reports on the effects of deregulation on the trucking industry. As truckers work long hours for low pay, the result is disturbing: "Fatigue behind the wheel of 40-ton rigs is now so pervasive on American highways that drivers regularly nod off and drift into oncoming lanes or slam into the backs of slower-moving cars." The series reveals that federal regulations have not solved the problem with truckers' fatigue, and that the NAFTA agreement has left unaddressed the exhaustion of Mexican drivers, who sometimes drive for more than 24 hours. The analysis of accident databases has shown that many transportation companies with known safety problems have not been inspected by the government.
Tags: CAR; highway traffic safety; accidents; injuries; crashes; American Trucking Association; hauling; freight; FARS
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The Man Who Took My Job
Rolling Stone tells the story of David Quinn, a man who spent "'the longest period of economic growth in our entire history' tumbling down the economic ladder. Quinn landed a job with Breed Technologies only to have it sacrified to corporate globalism: NAFTA. This is his story.
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Carlos Hank's NAFTA Bank
The Texas Observer takes a critical look at Carlos Hank Rhon, the Mexican owner of Laredo National Bank, and at how the bank is consistently running into problems. "It is evident that the real action in Washington, where the Federal Reserve Board is attempting to take Laredo National Bank from its owner...Attorneys in the Fed's enforcement division have built a detailed factual case again Hank Rhon, alleging that he played an elaborate shell game with bank share and lied about who owns Laredo National Bank."
Tags: Laredo National Bancshares vs. Richard Christopher Whalen; Bank Holding Company Act; Bank fraud/scandals
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Truck Stop
"Why hasn't the U.S.-Mexican border been opened to long-haul trucks as NAFTA intended?" That's the question the National Journal examines in this investigation. A focus on how politics plays into the situation is discussed, as well as the difference in U.S. and Mexican trucks.
Tags: NAFTA; Mexico; U.S.-Mexico relations; Border issues
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Bordering on Exploitation
Factory workers on the U.S. Mexican border flock from all over Mexico for the chance to earn $1 an hour in American owned factories called maquiladoras. The post-NAFTA factory boom is giving many Mexicans the opportunity to earn more money and better wages, but by American standards, it looks like exploitation, especially the living conditions.