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NAFTA helped U.S. corn farmers, but may have boosted illegal immigration

by Annie Baxter
Mar 21, 2017
The U.S. produce became cheap and plentiful in Mexico, hurting millions of farmers and leading some to cross the border.
Corn cobs are displayed for sale along with other vegetables in a market in Mexico City.
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What a baseball game has to do with the NAFTA negotiations

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 21, 2017
Carla Hills of the U.S. and Michael Wilson of Canada helped broker what Hills calls the 'premier trade agreement for its time.'
“Thirty-five states in the United States have as their No. 1 export market Canada. Nine million jobs in the United States are dependent on that trade relationship,” said Michael Wilson. He was the minister of trade when he participated in the NAFTA negotiations.
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NAFTA Explained

A brief history of NAFTA

by Kai Ryssdal and Ben Hethcoat
Mar 20, 2017
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal explains the history of the North American Free Trade Agreement. 
Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, and United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer gather for a trilateral meeting at Global Affairs on the final day of the third round of the NAFTA renegotiations in Ottawa, Ontario, September 27, 2017. 
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If we're going to talk about NAFTA, we need to talk about your pants

by Kai Ryssdal , Daisy Palacios and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 20, 2017
Your blue jeans and the price you paid for them has a lot to do with the North American Free Trade Agreement.
According to the Labor Department, there are just over 100,000 people who work in textiles now and there are just three mills making denim in the U.S.
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Mexico's NAFTA architect on why he doesn't take Trump's critiques personally

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 20, 2017
Jaime Serra was part of a trio that put the deal together. And he doesn't take the president's critiques personally.
President Donald Trump has called the North American Free Trade Agreement unfair to American workers. He wants to renegotiate the trade agreement.
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Baby boomers retrain in sought-after skills

by Amy Scott
Feb 27, 2017
About half of jobs today require more than a high school diploma, but less than a college degree.
Joe Snyder, 56, recently graduated from a precision machining technology program at Berks Career and Technology Center near Reading, Pennsylvania.
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On NAFTA, is it Canada to the rescue?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Feb 13, 2017
President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed their “profound shared economic interests” as they met for the first time today. At one point in his press conference with Trump, Trudeau said the North American Free Trade Agreement is a real concern for many Canadians because their jobs depend on trade with the […]
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Automakers in Mexico are worried about trade deals under Trump

by Hayley Hershman
Feb 3, 2017
Re-negotiating trade deals with Mexico could affect thousands of U.S. jobs, too.
Car manufacturing is part of a global supply chain. Advanced economies are manufacturing partners with less advanced economies. 
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Mexican workers warily follow Trump policies

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 31, 2017
As U.S. companies react to changing trade policies, Mexican workers are watching.
Men work in a Ford car factory in Villa de Reyes, near San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on Jan. 11. 
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Mexico ponders the future of trade with the U.S.

by Lorne Matalon
Dec 6, 2016
Some Mexicans are pressing for the country to be more self-reliant, if the U.S. looks to renegotiate or even withdraw from NAFTA.
Xochitl Hernández in her commercial greenhouse. She says the end of NAFTA would cripple Mexican exporters, but said she's hopeful the new U.S. administration will tweak but not kill NAFTA.
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