NAFTA debrief questions  (select three and answer for class on Friday, April 29)

• How is NAFTA likely to affect the poor in Mexico?
• How is NAFTA likely to affect the environment?
• Which groups are likely to benefit from NAFTA?
• Will NAFTA tend to create jobs in the U.S. or eliminate them?
• How is NAFTA likely to affect the number of Mexicans immigrating to the U.S.
• How would you respond if someone asked you whether Mexico (or the U.S.) benefited from NAFTA?  Why?
• How do you think NAFTA has affected or might affect you personally?
• On the day that NAFTA took effect, Jan. 1 1994, the Zapatistas, an armed group made up of largely poor and indigenous farmers in the Mexican state of Chiapas, launched a rebellion against the Mexican government.  Why might they have chosen that date to begin their uprising?
• Make a list of what you think might increase or grow due to NAFTA?