Kevin Gallagher and Tim Wise Discuss Lessons from NAFTA

Pardee Faculty Fellow, Professor Kevin P. Gallagher, and Timothy A. Wise, Director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) at Tufts University sat down for an interview to discuss their main findings from the recent Pardee Task Force Report on the Future of NAFTA.  In this interview, Timothy A Wise and Kevin P. Gallagher offer an assessment of Mexico’s poor economic performance under NAFTA and make recommendations for reforms to NAFTA.

VIDEO: Pardee Interview

Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future convened the task force of experts from the United States, Canada and Mexico who authored the report. The Report calls for significant reforms to address adverse economic, environmental, labor and societal impacts created by the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The report is intended to contribute to the discussion and decisions stemming from ongoing reviews of proposed reforms to NAFTA as well as to help shape future trade agreements. It offers detailed proposals on topics including services, manufacturing, agriculture, investment, intellectual property, labor, environment, and migration.

Read more about the Launch of the Task Force Report here.
Download PDF version of the Report here.

In conjunction with the launch of the Task Force Report, the Pardee Center organized a seminar on “The Future of NAFTA”. Read more about the seminar here.