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Former labor secretary blasts NAFTA.


"Ten years after the North American Free Trade Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994.  went into effect, Mexico's real wages are lower than they were before, and both inequality and poverty have grown."

University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States).  professor Robert Reich, a cabinet official in the early years of the Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton
executive - persons who administer the law
, favorably reviewed a book claiming that "free trade" is not only not free, it's a detriment to the developing world.
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Title Annotation:Robert Reich; North American Free Trade Agreement
Author:McManus, John F.
Publication:The New American
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 1, 2006
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