Eighteen American, Mexican, and Canadian academics, researchers, and consultants contribute 15 chapters addressing the outcomes of NAFTA during the past ten years and what might be anticipated in the coming decade. While the three opening essays do discuss trade and economic issues, the main thrust of the text is on the noneconomic results of the agreement in the areas of labor and the environment, intergovernmental relations and nongovernmental organizations, security, social issues, and political issues. In Weintraub's (political economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.) estimation, the essays demonstrate that "the positive fallout from NAFTA in its totality has been more important than even the significant trade and investment growth." Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less