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US think tank admits NAFTA failed Mexico
16-Dec-2009 Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an influential Washington DC-based think tank, released “Rethinking Trade Policy for Development: Lessons From Mexico Under NAFTA,” challenging what the report notes is a widespread assumption in the US “that Mexico was the undeniable winner from NAFTA.”
Resist trailer now online
7-Dec-2009 Resist
Having received hundreds of stories of resistance from all over the world, we’ve spent the last few months focusing on the Wall that is being built along the USA’s entire border with Mexico.
Passing on the Mantle of Deep North American Integration
4-Nov-2009 NAUresistance
All the talk of renegotiating NAFTA appears to have revived the trade accord and renewed the push for North American integration. This could lead to NAFTA’s expansion into a North American Union and might serve to further spread its failed model to other parts of the Western Hemisphere.
Documentary on free trade protests
24-Oct-2009 Daily Herald Tribune
While researching for a film on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) – a tri-lateral initiative between Mexico, the United States, and Canada – B.C. filmmaker Paul Manly was convinced by people to head to Montebello, Que., for a 2007 summit attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, US President George W Bush, and Mexican President Felipe Calderón.
Lawsuit Would Further Expose Secretive SPP Agenda
19-Oct-2009 NAUresistance
The SPP, along with NAFTA have already laid much of the groundwork for a North American Union.
Mexico revs up war on workers; Obama shrugs
13-Oct-2009 Huffington Post
Last Saturday night, October 10, several thousand Mexican government agents and police stormed into the headquarters and a hundred substations of the publicly owned electric utility, Luz Y Fuerza.
Claim by Cargill leads to another loss for Mexico
9-Oct-2009 IISD
Mexico has suffered another loss in a series of investor-state arbitral disputes involving its sugar industry.
The SPP is dead. Let’s keep it that way
25-Sep-2009 rabble.ca
With virtually no fanfare or media analysis, one of the most transformative agreements ever signed by Canada and the US (and Mexico) is officially dead. Its official US government website declared last month: "The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) is no longer an active initiative. There will not be any updates to this site."
A pressing case for NAFTA review and renegotiation
11-Sep-2009 CIP Americas Program
North American leaders may wish to distance themselves from the obvious failure of NAFTA to better the lives of their citizens, but Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. citizens continue to press for a comprehensive review and renegotiation. This article explains why that task is more urgent than ever in today’s global crisis.
NAFTA is our real problem
21-Aug-2009 EGP News
What do immigration, border security, swine flu and environmental concerns have in common? If you answer that they all somehow relate to NAFTA, you would be so right.
Leaders deflect criticism of SPP at Mexico Summit
13-Aug-2009 rabble
The fifth annual North American leaders’ summit has just wrapped up in Guadalajara and it’s hard to tell what, if anything, was accomplished.
Anti-NAFTA protest "greets" North American leaders in Guadalajara
10-Aug-2009 Xinhua
At least 300 people on Sunday demonstrated against the Fifth North American Leaders’ Summit, being held in Guadalajara, capital of western Mexico state Jalisco.
Open letter calls for renegotiating NAFTA and an end to SPP ahead of summit
7-Aug-2009 Straight.com
Common Frontiers, a network of church, labour, environmental, and civil society groups, and the Réseau québcois sur l’Intégration continentale have sent the following open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper ahead of his summit next week with U.S president Barack Obama and Mexican president Felipe Calderón in Guadalajara, Mexico:
North American Integration: Deep-Rooted Agenda Continues
2-Jul-2009 Border Fire
It is through trade deals such as NAFTA and initiatives like the SPP that corporations have further strengthened their power and grip over our lives.
Mexican truckers sue U.S. for $6 billion
2-Jun-2009 LA Times
Mexican truckers are seeking $6 billion in compensation from the US, alleging that its northern neighbor isn’t complying with a cross-border trucking plan under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The SPP: Three is Company or Three is a Crowd?
14-May-2009 BorderFire
Some would like to see more focus placed on Canada-U.S. bilateralism while others believe that trilateralism should always be the way to go.
US gets tough on Canadian border
11-May-2009 LA Times
The Obama administration says security should be as stringent as on the Mexican frontier. Border residents and Canadian officials disagree, saying the terrorism threat is exaggerated.
Without corn there is no country: Open Letter to the President of the United States
16-Apr-2009
We, the people of Mexico, also want to renegotiate NAFTA to protect our corn, the jobs of millions of farmers, and the way of life in the Mexican countryside
Jekyll & Hyde Obama: Protectionist or Free Trader?‏
8-Apr-2009 BorderFire Report
Obama is not looking out for the best interests of American workers, the poor or the middle class. This is a Wall Street takeover.
Will Dow challenge Quebec pesticide law?
3-Apr-2009
Dow AgroSciences is mulling over a NAFTA challenge to Quebec’s law banning the cosmetic use of pesticides, setting a spotlight on one of the most controversial clauses of the trade agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico.