Pros And Cons Of NAFTA

Three years after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) created the largest free trade area in the world, the debate rages on.

The North American Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as the NAFTA, is a trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico launched to enable North America to become more competitive in the global marketplace (Amadeo, 2011). The NAFTA is regarded as “one of the most successful trade agreements in history” for its impact on increases in agricultural trade and investment among the three contracting nations (North American Free Trade Agreement, 2011). Supporters and opponents of the NAFTA have argued the effects of the agreement on participating nations since its inception; yet, close examination proves that NAFTA has had a relatively positive impact on the economies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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Since the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) inception, an abundance of controversy and disagreements have surrounded it. For example, in the 2008 election, both Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton wanted to renegotiate or get out of NAFTA. Similarly, the 2016 election featured Donald Trump campaigning for the renegotiation of NAFTA. He even stated in a recent presidential debate, “…[NAFTA] was one of the worst things to ever happen to the manufacturing industry” (Bloomberg, 2016). Are these important political figures justified in their statements and campaign goals? This essay will explore the background of NAFTA as well as both its the positive and negative effects in order to determine whether NAFTA has had a net positive

economy is through globalization. Globalization is when people, ideas, and goods spread around the world, creating more interaction and integration between the world’s cultures, governments, and economies (Institute, 2016). NAFTA and globalization, both help spread ideas and goods throughout Canada, the U.S., and Mexico by allowing the nations to interact with each other and help each others economies grow (Silver, 2016). Globalization has a major effect on U.S. manufacturing and the trade nation’s interactions with each other. This allows the economies of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico to combine into a larger shared economy, as goods and capital to spread across the borders. Companies and firms are able to spread their operations all around the world and find where their operations can be done for the lowest prices. Firms and companies are also able to find and share new ideas for products and new ways to make the products. This helps producers get their products to be recognized globally, better quality, and more cost effective. With these benefits companies create better appeal to consumers and get more sales. NAFTA and globalization give consumers more options and products to buy (Hansen, 2016) Economically, globalization and NAFTA make a huge impact in many ways. After all, one of NAFTA’s goals is to bring stronger and steadier economic growth to Mexico (Sergie, 2016). Promoters also believe that if NAFTA improves economic

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In this essay, an examination and analysis of the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement and other trade agreements between Canada and the United States is presented. First, background information is provided on the different trade agreements facilitating free trade between Canada and the U.S. Next, the major benefits and negative impacts of these trade agreements are examined and detailed. A discussion on the overall impacts is then presented, and the paper concludes with a short commentary on the injustices associated with current free trade agreements. It is argued that while free trade agreements have facilitated economic development and growth, the benefits of these agreements have largely accrued to the

As negotiations took place the outline of NAFTA began with reducing the tax on exports from the Mexico to the US by half while the US imports to Mexico tariffs were reduced to one third. Eventually within years of implementing the trade agreement most US-Mexico tariffs would be eliminated making it easier for trade to happen among the countries. There were many provision that were negotiated by all three countries to do their part in becoming better partners within one another. In the actual text of the agreement we see that along with making trade easier they are advocating to “promote conditions of fair competition in the free trade area” which would allow smaller business to gain consumers into their good and allow

The development, successes, and failures of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) interest me because of the recent media coverage and the issues brought to the forefront as a result of the new presidential administration. While I endeavor to follow the controversy communicated through the major news sources, the countless opinions regarding the effects of the agreement and the potential renegotiation has left me with questions. Hence, I thought it would be a timely and beneficial research project to discern the original intent, expected outcomes, and discussions expounding on successes and failures since it was signed.

According to Blecker (2014), “In both Mexico and the United States, real wages have stagnated while productivity has continued to increase, leading to higher profit shares and a tendency toward greater inequality.” The Mexico economic market relies heavily on the trade with the America which is the production through the imports and exports. The Mexico’s economic market influenced from the competition between the China and the U.S.A. Since the America wants to keep the strength of the competition among the world, the American industries cut the costs through produce the sixpenny products to achieve that. The others chose to cut their labor costs, which contain the fees to keep their own benefits. Also, some of them chose to relocate their companies’ address to the other states in the U.S.A which have the lowest tax fees. The actions of downsizing the cost and reducing to pay the tax fees deeply hurt the economic market in the U.S.A. Indirectly, damaged the Canada and Mexico’s market cause the free trade agreement among them. Otherwise, the free trade agreement may have declined the tax fees between three countries, but this is surface area which covers the lack of real conditions. “Each of the three countries has a different procedure for NAFTA claims, and businesses that violate the laws or customs procedures of any country are subject to administrative, civil or criminal penalties,” according to Amy (2012) longitudinal

In this age of globalization, Economic integration and regional cooperation have become a reality. International trade has enabled countries to exchange goods, services and capital across the border, enabling better opportunities for both producers and consumers. However, in recent years, the benefits of International trade have been questioned by many economists and business experts. There are no doubts that International trade has been a blessing for many countries around the world, but the question that remains unanswered is, how does International trade benefit the United States economically. With fall, declining economic growth, and increase in unemployment, as claimed by conservatives, trade deals such as NAFTA and TPP have been under the spotlight for quite sometimes. Despite all criticisms, recent International trade data show a different reality. It shows how the benefits of International trade outweighed the cost of the economy of the United States.

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