To assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on domestic job loss and the environment, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 9, 1999
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to determine, and report to Congress, the levels of exports of U.S. goods to North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) parties and imports into the United States of goods from NAFTA parties, and the number of jobs that have resulted from increased exports of goods to NAFTA parties and the loss of jobs that have resulted from increased imports into the United States of goods from NAFTA parties since January 1, 1994.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate, and report to the Congress on, whether pollution and health hazards in the United States have worsened since January 1, 1994, to the extent that may be attributable to NAFTA, and specifically in and around the U.S.-Mexico and the U.S.-Canada borders.Directs the President to certify annually to Congress whether or not each NAFTA country is meeting certain commitments made with respect to: (1) environmental protection in the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation; and (2) workers' rights in the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation.
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