Scholar: NAFTA has helped Mexico, but not enough
By David Gaddis Smith
STAFF WRITER
10:15 p.m. January 27, 2008
NAFTA has done the job it was negotiated for, but it has not been enough, a Mexican political economist says. Gustavo Vega, director of the Center for International Studies at the prestigious Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City, said that while NAFTA has helped create more jobs for Mexicans, it has not helped create enough of them.
Still, had it not been for passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993, Mexico would have suffered a much-greater financial crisis after its economy crashed in December 1994, he said. “It helped us to recover from the crisis sooner rather than later,â€
NAFTA has been good for Mexico
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NAFTA has been good for Mexico
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