After more than two years of negotiations, in December 1992, the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States signed the North American Free Trade Agreement. During the months leading up to the signing, labor, industry, environment, and religious groups from the three countries actively debated and lobbied their respective trade negotiators to gain support for their particular concerns. Lobbying by these groups continues as policy deliberations shift from treaty negotiations to the submission of enabling legislation and, ultimately in the United States, congressional authorization.This volume brings together key spokespeople from labor, industry, and government and presents the main arguments for and against the Free Trade Agreement as well as views on the Agreement's impact. The book is intended for policy makers, business managers, labor organizations, environmentalists, academics, students, and others who have an interest in understanding and exploring the issues surrounding the NAFTA debate.

Position papers by labor, industry, and government spokespeople on the North American Free Trade debate.

PrefaceIntroduction: NAFTA and Its Actors by Kathryn J. Ready and Mario F. BognannoBackgroundNAFTA: Labor, Industry, and Government Perspectives by Kathryn J. ReadyProceedingsNorth American Free Trade Agreement's Impact on Labor by Mark AndersonA Canadian Labor Perspective on a North American Free Trade Agreement by Bruce CampbellThe Canadian-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Lessons to Guide the Evolution of NAFTA by William H. CavittReaction Panel Remarks Made at the Conference on North American Free Trade: Labor, Industry, and Government Policy Perspectives by William H. CavittThe Impact of Free Trade on Industry by Calman J. CohenEstimating the Impact of the U.S.-Mexican Free Trade Agreement on Industrial Labor by James M. CypherThe Road to the North American Free Trade Agreement: Laissez-Faire or a Ladder Up? by Jeff Faux and Thea LeeImpact of the Potential Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico on Collective Bargaining from the Point of View of U.S. Companies by Manfred FiedlerFree Trade, Globalization, and U.S. Labor: What Are the Long-Run Dynamics? by William C. GrubenThe Impact of Free Trade on the Collective Agreement by Morley Gunderson and Anil VermaInternational Unions and Transnational Collective Bargaining by Pharis HarveyThe North American Free Trade Agreement as an Element of U.S. Trade Policy by Robert T. KudrleInternational Competition and the Evolution of a North American Free Trade Area by Robert Z. LawrenceThe Role of Trade in North American Integration by Sunder MagunInternational Unions and Transnational Collective Bargaining by Joe MangoneThe North American Free Trade Agreement Negotiations and the Canadian-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Revisiting Unfinished Business by Keith MartinInternational Unions and Transnational Collective Bargaining by M. E. NicholsThe Impact of NAFTA on Collective Agreements in Canada: Issues and Trends by Claude RiouxProvisions of Collective Agreements: A Comparison of Selected Portions of Labor Arguments Negotiated in Canada and the United States by Marcus Hart SandverThe Impact of NAFTA on Labor by Stephen I. SchlossbergMutual Labor-Management Concerns to Be Addressed in a North American Free Trade Agenda by Gary SorensenImplications for Labor-Management Relations of the Proposed North American Free Trade Agreement by Jeremy WrightBibliography