North American Free Trade Agreement

May 12, 2018
Many sticking points and little time in NAFTA negotiations
May 17. Next Thursday. That’s the deadline House Speaker Paul Ryan has set for negotiators to notify Congress that they’ve reached an agreement on a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement if they want to get it through Congress by the end of the year. A May deadline for a December vote […]
May 11, 2017
The real problem with NAFTA, explained
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Marketplace correspondent and host Sabri Ben-Achour explains the fundamentals of the North American Free Trade Agreement and what would happen if NAFTA was terminated.
Mar 21, 2017
NAFTA helped U.S. corn farmers, but may have boosted illegal immigration
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The U.S. produce became cheap and plentiful in Mexico, hurting millions of farmers and leading some to cross the border.
Mar 20, 2017
A brief history of NAFTA
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Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal explains the history of the North American Free Trade Agreement.