I disagree with both of these points. As energy costs and Asian wages go up, there will be more and more incentive for manufacturers to bring production back to where the company is headquartered. Globalization will likely end before the coming global collapse of the world economy. You've got a decade or two before it's game over, so enjoy it while you can.balugh wrote: Globalization is here to stay...so we'd best get used to it...
And the relative fairness of NAFTA depends on which side of the border(s) you sit on...
As far as NAFTA goes, it is only "fair" for the exploiters. People in Mexico might have gotten a few jobs out of it, but they are really horrible jobs and it's just another form of colonialism.