NAFTA: Estimates of Job Effects and Industry Trade Trends After 5½ Years (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Dec. 14, 1999 |
| Report Number |
98-783 |
| Authors |
Mary Jane Bolle, Economics Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
During the North American Free Trade Agreement's (NAFTA's) first five and one-half years, it has served primarily to accelerate trade, plant relocation, and sectoral job "gain: and job "loss" trends that were already ongoing. This report documents four and one-half years worth of trends, and includes six tables. They track overall U.S. commodities exports, imports and trade balance; imports and exports by industry; estimates of jobs supporting those exports, by state; and industry import and plant relocation effects translated into potential job losses, both by industry and state. A separate figure shows reemployment experience of displaced workers one to three years later.
