After eleven years of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and ten years of U.S. participation in the World Trade Organization with a political emphasis on greater international trade as the engine of economic growth, we must ask the question:

Are women in the U.S. benefiting–or being harmed–from current trade and investment policy?

This report focuses on the impact greater international trade, privatization and deregulation are having on U.S. women, their families and their communities, and tackles the critical issues of job opportunities, wages, access to social services, agriculture and democracy.