How to pronounce“naf”in English

NAFTA and the WTO as a good. And what that means is that once you start exporting your water for commercial purposes, you basically lose control of

for NAFTA was that it would do something about the six-fold dis, in, differences in income across that border. Disparity in income which gives rise to enormous immigration pressures

typically NAFTA right now has been a big issue on the campaign uh trail. And there's a concern that as we enter into these free trade agreements, well, what

the NAFTA the agreement with Canada and Mexico Clinton was really trying to move the Democratic party in a more free trade Direction he was determined that

We renegotiate NAFTA. We realize that complete abandonment of the TPP and leaving Asia to China may not

Primarily since NAFTA. When NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was instituted, President Clinton, his advisers,

pleasure -- sound really naff when they go off in public.

far greater than say NAFTA which I remember was sort of going through it roughly the same time but NAFTA um attracted all the headlines and that's

talks about tearing up NAFTA you have to listen with Hillary always very carefully to what she's saying and and to listen for the exact literal words

well you NAFTA was oversold from the very beginning it was oversold by its Advocates as being the sort of the silver bullet that would solve Mexican

since 1994 when NAFTA came into law uh which is really not very impressive and it's way below what was expected of NAFTA so I I I think too

resistance to NAFTA in Mexico and Canada. Nobody nobody seems to really love NAFTA. Um but I think a lot of it is is is campaign driven, I imagine. Um

We are NAFTA. So, we are seeing the beginning of a gigantic global trading blocks.

We are NAFTA, so we’re beginning to see the beginning of a type one economy as well.

but no that would be too Naf that's cheesy in American um but he has to say something can't let an opportunity like

So if you go to NAFIFS.org, you can see some of those videos of what our team has been doing.

But to spend it on naff billboards and sort of overrated stuff is a bit not my bag.

I acknowledge and thank Bryce nafisi no DD for from hours of wonderful

effect on industry far greater than say NAFTA which I remember was sort of going through it roughly the same time but NAFTA um attracted all the headlines and

on healthc Care on on NAFTA uh and on withdrawal from Iraq we put him through

introduce legislation uh to withdraw from NAFTA if you are elected to the

it's easy right now to blame NAFTA uh or to praise NAFTA for Mexico's ills or for

bit less since 1994 when NAFTA came into law. Uh, which is really not very

ready to say and that is that naft was going to cause America to lose millions of jobs because wages would uh because manufacturers corporations would

So we just had an election where Democrats were debating whether NAFTA was a good idea and the Republicans put duct tape over the mouth of Chief White House Economist

So leading the conversation with Matt and Ellar today is Chale Nafus, who is director of programming at the Austin Film Society.

position uh now on on Health Care on on NAFTA uh and on withdrawal from Iraq we

will you introduce legislation uh to withdraw from NAFTA if you are elected to the Senate will you introduce legislation uh for single-payer uh

audiences of 10,000 people we hate trade we hate NAFTA we mean to destroy it while sending out their friends to quietly reassure investors I don't mean

you know with with all the candidates essentially criticizing deals like NAFTA you know which was one of Clinton's signature uh trade agreements

impressive and it's way below what was expected of NAFTA. So, I I I think too much has been made of the whole thing. As it stands, it's okay, but it's not

for a minute there was a Democratic president who passed NAFTA President Clinton when he passed that the Democrats lost the Congress in the next

treaty or the European treaty, the disastrous consequences NAFTA-- why do those have so much traction.

One of the things that happened and it was actually accelerated by NAFTA and some of the other free trade

in order to say to Mexico if you want to continue as part of NAFTA you're going to have to pay a living wage to Mexican workers.

when she said I don't want to add side agreements to NAFTA but I want to reopen the main body that sounded like a formula for destroying NAFTA in reality

This notion that millions of peasants were driven off the land by NAFTA is false. Uh, peasants in Mexico have been being driven off the land for decades

this notion that millions of peasants were driven off the land by NAFTA is false uh peasants in Mexico have been being driven off the land for decades

well of course it was a bad idea it was a bad idea because NAFTA was written specifically to drive down wages I mean

jobs in this election you have many people running for president who voted for NAFTA or who supported NAFTA and now I wasn't in the

trade and as president My First Act in office will be to cancel NAFTA and get out of the WTO and to have trade that are based on those workers rights

beneficial to the United States yes uh I was Majority Leader when we passed naft

third-way neoliberal pivot under Bill Clinton, welfare reform, NAFTA. Like, it's not an accident that the

like that. And then you have a party led by um Naftali Bennett who's a man of the

On the flip side, they're radically pro-free trade-- NAFTA, TPP.

of migrants in our country, because of Mexico and NAFTA and our jobs going overseas and

well on balance I think trade has been beneficial to the United States yes uh I was Majority Leader when we passed naft I supported it uh I supported the

trade agreements that I got into this issue in the first place. Water was placed in NAFTA and actually the trade agreement that came before NAFTA, which

with and and it's in as an investment where a corporation can sue the government of another NAFTA country if that country changes its rules. So, I'll