Globalization and the Debate Over Free Trade
Annotated videos exploring how, in the decades after World War II, the world became increasingly interconnected and economic activity more frequently crossed international borders.
Introduction and Context
Postwar Optimism about the Economic Benefits of International Trade (1965)
The Growing “Threat” of Imported Goods in the 1970s (1977)
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; Labor Unions On Free Trade Policies
NAFTA Promotes US Trade with Mexico and Canada (1995)
The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Ocean Trade and the Explosion of Global Commerce (1994)
Seapower; 103; "Trade Winds, Trade Wars"
Walmart, Sweatshops, and the Price of Cheap Clothes (2004)
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Organized Labor’s Critique of Globalization and Free Trade (1999)
World Trade: The Seattle Summit
Defending Free Trade Against its Critics (2004)
Focus 580; NAFTA - 10 Years After
The Complex Impact of Globalization on Alabama Communities (2005)
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer