The North American Free Trade Agreement binds Canada, Mexico, and the United States together in an ambitious and far-reaching experiment in regional economic integration. As we enter the new millennium, a central concern is whether NAFTA should be amended or reformed and how it might become the foundation for a hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). To assess these possibilities, NAFTA in the New Millennium raises key questions: • How has NAFTA performed and how has it affected the member countries? • Is there popular support for NAFTA in Canada, Mexico, and the United States? • What are the prospects for change in the foreseeable future and for the longer term? • How does NAFTA fit into the still-evolving world economy? What is its relationship to other regional integration schemes and to multilateral connections on a global scale? Prominent contributors from Canada, Mexico, and the United States examine broad dimensions of NAFTA"s history, politics, economics, and outlooks for future development. They address such topics as: • The rise of "free trade" as an idea • Occupational status and perceptions of NAFTA • Immigration policy and economic integration • The need for a social development fund • Prospects for dollarization • The impact of 9/11/01 on regional and hemispheric trade negotiations. We acknowledge the contributions of the Western Centre for Economic Research and Government of Alberta Department of International and Intergovernmental Relations.