NAFTA garners favorable reviews

NAFTA — the North American Free Trade Agreement signed in 1994 — receives mostly favorable reviews from regional agriculture organizations, growers and businesses, with predictions that once a few sticky wickets are corrected, free trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico will continue to improve."It˜s a good marriage, but we˜re seeing some bumpy roads," said Chandler Keys, vice president of the National Cattlemen˜s Beef Association˜s Center for Public Policy. "Trade relationships are broad-based and encompass more than a single trade agreement, like NAFTA."
Canada and Mexico are the second- and third-largest individual country markets, respectively, for U.S. agricultural products…