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Is NAFTA a Good Explanation for Workers Leaving the Democratic Party? The Case of Ohio

The Washington Post recently published an op-ed about Sherrod Brown, a long-time Democratic Senator (and previously a Representative) from Ohio who lost his seat in the November election, highlighting his view that the passage of NAFTA led to "workers" leaving the Democratic party: ... Brown says the political shift

Whither the Worker-Centered Trade Policy?

The Biden administration changed U.S. trade policy significantly when it adopted a “worker-centered” trade policy that justified entering into “frameworks” and not trade agreements. That policy didn’t win many accolades from the trade crowd. Many critics felt that it forewent critical opportunities by refusing to discuss market access

Did NAFTA Push White Male Social Conservatives to the Republican Party?

This is the abstract of a new paper titled "Local Economic and Political Effects of Trade Deals: Evidence from NAFTA", which argues that many "white, less educated voters left the Democratic Party" due to NAFTA: Why have white, less-educated voters left the Democratic Party? We highlight

Federal Court of Canada hearing Canada's application to set aside Bilcon NAFTA award

For those that may have missed it, the NAFTA Bilcon v Canada dispute was back in the news this week. In 2015, the Claytons and Bilcon of Delaware, a US company, were awarded compensation for breaches of NAFTA Articles 1105 (fair and equitable treatment) and 1102 (national treatment). The dispute

"Arbitrary" Trade Retaliation

From a letter by Rep. Peter DeFazio to President Obama related to the NAFTA trucks case: Mexico has made it clear that it chose products for retaliatory tariffs that would harm the districts or states of Members of Congress who led the charge to rid this program. For example, Oregon

NAFTA Chapter 20 Suspension in the Trucking Case

News reports indicate that Mexico is going ahead with retaliation in the NAFTA Trucking Services case: Mexico slapped tariffs on 90 American agricultural and manufactured exports on Monday in retaliation for Washington's move to block Mexican trucks from using U.S. highways. Here's the part that

A (Limited) Obama NAFTA Update

From an interview with the LA Times: Q: ... Also, on NAFTA, we've heard that you might support maybe a study and then a report, instead of a wholesale reworking of the agreement right away? [Obama]: Well look, my economic team is reviewing these issues. You know, I'

Two Canadian Views of North American Integration

Anne McLellan of the University of Alberta: ... the treaty needs a revamp, she says, and should be expanded. The transition period where the three countries were losing jobs to each other is long over, and trade between the U.S. and Canada reached over a trillion dollars last year. Other

Some Canadian Support for NAFTA Changes

It looks like there are at least some people in Canada who support the idea of opening up the NAFTA for re-negotiation: The NDP is joining U.S. Democratic presidential hopefuls in their promise to change NAFTA, with Leader Jack Layton telling an American audience today the trade agreement needs

More on the Obama Campaign's Contact with Canada

As mentioned yesterday, there have been allegations that the Obama campaign told the Canadian government that the NAFTA threats were just campaign talk. Initial reports suggested no such communication occurred, but there were new developments today: Despite repeated requests, Barack Obama's campaign is still neither verifying nor denying