The Selling of "Free Trade": NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy.The Selling of "Free Trade": NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's , Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy by John R. MacArthur John R. MacArthur (born June 4, 1956, in New York City) is the son of J. Roderick MacArthur and Christiane L’Entendart. He has a sister and a brother. He was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal (1977), the Washington Star (1978), Hill & Wang. 388 pages. $25.00. John R. MacArthur is the publisher of Harper's and the author of a fine previous book Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War (Hill & Wang, 1992). In his latest work, he explores the consequences of 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. (NAFTA). He focuses on the New York-based Swingline staple company, which, like thousands of other factories, closed down and moved to Nogales Nogales (nōgä`lās), city (1990 pop. 19,489), Santa Cruz co., S Ariz. on the Mexican border with its adjacent city, Nogales (1990 pop. 105,873), Sonora, NW Mexico. There are copper, silver, and lead mines. , Mexico, a low-wage "pollution haven." The laid-off U.S. workers and the Mexicans who took their jobs for a fraction of the pay both suffered as a result. MacArthur attributes their suffering to the sleazy partnership between industry and the Clinton gang. A clever advertising and ER. scam fooled the public, while the President orchestrated industry's purchase of what the late Phil Stern called "the best Congress money can buy." MacArthur's chapter on "The Democratic Party, Inc.," and his discussion of the role of Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore and William Daley, now Gore's campaign manager, should give pause to anyone who thinks Gore would make a positive difference On international economic issues. This case study dramatizes the excellent general analysis offered by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh in their Field Guide to the Global Economy (New Press, 2000). Taken together, they clinch the argument against corporate globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation . |
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