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Cultural: Daisy


NAFTA - The North American Free-Trade Agreement

The North American Free- Trade Agreement, or NAFTA for short, increase cultural impact between Canada, North America, and Mexico. The North American Free-Trade Agreement gave Mexico, Canada, and North America the ability to trade freely between each of the countries, with no tariffs or barriers that could cause arguments. Because of the North American Free-trade agreement, it created jobs for different people in Mexico and Canada, but also removed jobs from the U. S. NAFTA created many jobs, that created equalization between countries, strengthens the economy, as well as foreign relations ( Hills).Even though it could benefit the other two countries, the United States believes that NAFTA is removing jobs from people in the U.S. that they don’t want to do. However, it still benefits the people in all three areas, because it allows us to live in our current conditions, as well as provide us with certain services. Modern society now begin to look at jobs differently. People see the effects of NAFTA, because before people would get jobs that create and better their lives. Now on modern society, people would go out and look for jobs, in order for them to survive.

Works Cited:

Amadeo, Kimberly. "History of NAFTA". USeconomy.about.com. web. 2 September 2014.

Hills, Carla A. NAFTA's Economic Upsides: The View for the United States. January/February Edition. Florida: Foreign Affairs. Web. 2 September 2014.

Audience: Justine Chavez
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NAFTA - The North American Free Trade Agreement

The North American Free Trade Agreement was determine to make the governments of Mexico, United States and Canada to become better. Its not only to help each government but also create new jobs for the citizens in order for them to have a new life. According to NAFTA members, “This agreement is to create more jobs, better prices for consumer goods and benefits families, workers and farmers.” So far this had been true because it created the largest free trade area GDP. In the past 20 years it has reduce trading costs, increase business investments and help America become more competitive in the Global Market. All these exchanges this agreements has caused the economy, of citizens and government, to increase so the whole world become successful. Since this agreement has been established, citizens are more advanced in materials needs which benefits our families. The citizens are against this agreement because they have no knowledge about how this affected or not affected them. We create many myths that are easily proved by NAFTA. The North American Free Trade Agreement was created to benefit the citizens of all three countries and the government to create a better economy for all.

Work Cited: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA). North American Free Trade Agreement. Web. 04 Sep 2014 < [|__http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/nafta-alena/info.aspx?lang=eng__] >

"NAFTA". North American Free Trade Agreement. Web 04 Sept. 2014 < [|__http://www.naftanow.org/default_en.asp__] >

Historical: Haley


NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, is a an agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada to not tax goods coming from these countries. The purpose of this agreement was to "reduce trading costs, increase business investment, and help North America be more competitive in the global marketplace" (Amadeo). According to Amadeo, the U.S. began to plan for this agreement in 1984 when the Trade and Tariff Act, which said the president had the power to negotiate free trade agreements, was passed. This act led to the negotiation of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement which was then signed in 1988. Canada then suggested a three way trade agreement, NAFTA, which was signed in 1992 and went into force in 1994. Thanks to this agreement trade between these three countries tripled between 1993 and 2009. While doubters of NAFTA, such as political candidate Ross Perot, have claimed cheep Mexican labor would result in "a giant sucking sound of jobs being pulled out of this country" (Amadeo), this never came to pass as Mexico went into a recession while the U.S. experienced a time of plenty. Ultimately, NAFTA led North America to become a large player in the world market by promoting trade and the movement of goods between these countries.

Works Cited:

Amadeo, Kimberly. "History of NAFTA". USeconomy.about.com. web. 2 September 2014.