How NAFTA Broke American Politics - The New York Times

Today, “Times” Magazine writer Dan Kaufman with the story of how the North American Free Trade Agreement broke American politics. It’s Tuesday, October 8. Read More

Column: NAFTA doesn’t count for much economically, but it’s still a huge political football. Here’s why - Los Angeles Times

As American political footballs go, trade deals rank second probably only to the Affordable Care Act. NAFTA doesn't count for much economically, but it's still a huge political football. Here's ... Read More

Trump’s Trade War Is a Political Dilemma for Democrats - MSN

When trade policy became a high-profile national issue in the 1990s, Democratic president Bill Clinton broke with unions and pushed NAFTA, which delivered Democrats a jackpot of campaign cash from ... Read More

NAFTA: Seven things you should know about the free trade agreement - USA TODAY

NAFTA took effect under President Bill Clinton, who ushered it through Congress, but the framework for the deal was laid years earlier. Ronald Reagan made a North American free trade zone part of ... Read More

The politics of American free trade and how it shapes our elections

While many are discussing the economic effects of NAFTA, few are talking about its political effects. Read More

USMCA trade deal with Mexico, Canada strikingly similar to NAFTA - USA TODAY

President Donald Trump promised to rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, once he took office. Instead, he mostly patched it up. Read More

Did the Early 1990s Break American Politics? - The Nation

How the chaos and excesses of the 1990s led to the politics of today. Ross Perot prior to an address to the Economic Club of Detroit.(Getty Images) When discussing 1989 and the years that followed ... Read More

The politics of NAFTA have been driven more by story than by fact

OPINION | NAFTA was always far from perfect and there is a need to update it — not surprising for an agreement negotiated a quarter century ago. Read More

How NAFTA Broke American Politics - The New York Times

Since its passage in 1993, the trade agreement has played an outsize role in presidential elections — which now often hinge on the three Rust Belt states it helped to hollow out. Read More