NAFTA Missing the Environmental Mark

Nearly a decade after NAFTA opened up trade along the U.S.-Mexico border, the agreement has created jobs and boosted trade but hasn't fulfilled promises of "cleaning up the border," Gov. Bill Richardson said.

"NAFTA has been weak in getting the border sustainable, environmentally sustainable," Richardson said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press. "The plus has been the border jobs and the border trade and the border security."

Richardson is right. Having seen these areas, there is much work to do. Moreover, NAFTA needs to work harder at ensuirng that Mexico does a better job of developing in a sustainable way.

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