A new report uses mild language to describe the trade pact's benefits: it has had "a modest positive effect" since adopted in 1994. The report says job creation is in line with pre-NAFTA estimates and that two-way trade with Canada and Mexico has leaped 44 percent. Critics say the report ignores a ninefold increase in the trade deficit with those partners.
White House on NAFTA
A new report uses mild language to describe the trade pact's benefits: it has had "a modest positive effect" since adopted in 1994. The report says job creation is in line with pre-NAFTA estimates and that two-way trade with Canada and Mexico has leaped 44 percent. Critics say the report ignores a ninefold increase in the trade deficit with those partners.
