NAFTA

July 9, 2012 - Offshoring has been a boon to corporate profits, but it has left North Carolina's economy struggling, according to a new report by the NC Budget & Tax Center.

May 3, 2012 - Workers who helped organize the union at the Smithfield Foods slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, N.C. tell the story of how African American, white, and Mexican immigrant workers were able to find common ground despite the company's attempts to use racial division and immigration enforcement to defeat them.

May 16, 2005 - As the Washington Post reported last Friday, President Bush is struggling to rescue the "floundering" Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and could be in for a "rare defeat" in Congress on the pact.

April 28, 2005 - The AP reports:

August 1, 1998 - An interview with Bob Becker of the Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network

August 1, 1998 - The Multilateral Agreement on Investments

October 1, 1996 - As factories flee to Mexico, the trade agreement takes a heavy toll on the rural South.