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Podcast: New Books in Food
Episode: Alyshia GĂĄlvez, âEating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexicoâ (U. California Press, 2018)
Description: The North American Free Trade Agreementâor NAFTA, as we Americans call itâis very much in the news of late, primarily because President Trump has decided to make good on what he famously called âthe single worst trade dealâ that the United States has ever approved. Trumpâs assessment, like so many of his statements, isnât quite the fact heâd like it to be. In study after study, economists have found that NAFTAâs impact on the U.S. economy ranges from relatively insignificant to mildly beneficial. So as the media follows the negotiations and the talking-heads ta...