Issue directory: NAFTA Watch NAFTA leaves a huge footprint on the U.S. and the world. As Washington gears up for the debate, IATP analyzes what's at stake.

Livestock Producers Call for NAFTA Renegotiation

NAFTA conference Livestock producers from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. called for governments to renegotiate NAFTA and address corporate concentration in all three countries. Read statements from the meeting in Billings, Montana.

NAFTA Summit Videos

A selection of presentations at a November 2007 IATP conference on NAFTA.

Call for NAFTA Suspension

NAFTA conference Over 70 U.S., Canadian and international organizations are calling for the suspension of NAFTA. Mexican farm groups are protesting NAFTA's final agriculture provisions scheduled for 2008.

Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)

Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition News & Views
DocumentsHeadlines

Sowing Hate, Harvesting Rage

Jun 1, 2010
An updated version of a 2006 paper by Luis Hernández Navarro, Opinion Editor for La Jornada on the militarization of Mexican politics. Download

NAFTA: Fueling market concentration in agriculture

Mar 11, 2010
This fact sheet includes testimonies from farm group representatives in the U.S., Canada and Mexico on the role of the North American Free Trade Agreement in further concentrating agriculture markets. Download

The Canadian and Mexican WTO Challenges to U.S. Country of Origin Labeling

Mar 15, 2009
A short backgrounder on U.S. Country of Origin labeling and potential challenges by Canada and Mexico at the WTO. Download

Statement of IATP at Tri-National Livestock Producers Meeting

Feb 13, 2009
Statement at trinational livestock producers meeting in Billings, Montana calling for the renegotiation of NAFTA. Download

Statement of the Confederation of Mexican Hog Farmers at the Tri-National Livestock Producers Meeting

Feb 13, 2009
Statement at the tri-national livestock producers meeting in Billings, Montana calling for the renegotiation of NAFTA. Download

More NAFTA Watch documents

Aug. 26: CAFTA Trade Lawsuit Highlights Threat To State Regulations From Bad Trade Agreements Progressive States Network

Feb. 4: NFL and Reebok Fumble National Labor Committee

Jan. 26: High oil sands costs are driving Shell elsewhere The Globe and Mail

Dec. 15: Dumping on Mexico New York Times

Aug. 14: NAFTA Has Failed; New Development Plan Needed AFL-CIO Now Blog

More NAFTA Watch headlines


IATP's view

A Viable U.S. Response to the Food and Energy Crisis: Finding Sustainable & Balanced Solutions

From the natural gas for manufacturing synthetic fertilizers to the intensive energy for food processing and commodity shipping, rising food prices have recently exposed the unwise dependency of our industrial food system on fossil fuel inputs.

Farmer Agreement Offers Alternative to NAFTA's Failures

On January 1, 2008, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)came into full effect after a 15-year phase-in for more sensitive agricultural products like sugar, white corn, beans and dairy. The last remaining tariffs are no longer legally binding, including those on sugar imported from Mexico to the U.S. and vice versa.

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