North American Free Trade Agreement

As long as national borders are strictly enforced, workers at the bottom of the labor ladder will be pitted against one another.

• By Rick Paulas

The United States has proposed several changes to the trade agreement, most of which appear to be aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit.

• By Jack Denton

In retrospect, it's clear how globalization and free trade disrupted the U.S. steel industry. It could be happening again. Survival for steel towns might be a matter of lower expectations and good luck.

• By Kevin Nolan

Or will its historic labor protections be ignored and unenforced?

• By Dwyer Gunn