George H. W. Noriega

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has boosted the US economy growth by introducing free trade with Mexico and Canada. Since, after the implementation of NAFTA in 1994, US have experienced several favourable outcomes. The imports and exports of agricultural goods, electronic equipment, machinery, automobiles, drugs, oil and minerals have been increased among the NAFTA countries thus giving rise to total profits. The agreement has also contributed in eliminating the unemployment in United States and has controlled inflation rates. NAFTA bloc has also created number of job opportunities in the country. Moreover, the consumer prices have been decreased and income levels of US citizens have been raised due to reduced tariffs and taxes. This paper will discuss the facts and figures since 1993 and show how United States has achieved benefits with NAFTA agreement.

After 27 months of negotiation, the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a trade agreement between the three north American countries: Canada, United States, and Mexico, was put into effect on January 1st 1994. NAFTA was developed to increase trade among the three north American countries while simultaneously promoting each countries’ economy growth. However, the United States faces a new government, and President Trump believes that NAFTA should be renegotiated to modernize the trade agreement instead of removing U.S participation. Some of these renegotiations, include: Trade in goods, Investment, Digital Trade, Cross-Border Data Flows, Government Procedure, etc, take into account the changes in the economy since 1994. This new

After tensions with the Soviet Union group Reagan's inauguration became a symbol of a rightward shift in American politics due to the apprehension towards communism. Early in Reagans presidency, he openly endorsing right-wing Rebel groups in Nicaragua called Contras. The Contras would allow the U.S. Open Access to Nicaragua which will serve as a launching pad for the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. However due to a news articles on the U.S intervention in Nicaragua, representative Edward Boland decided to propose an amendment that restricted the money flow to Nicaragua. After several revisions of the amendment, money was completely cut off to the Nicaraguan Contras and it was made impossible for the U.S. to legally intervene. The Boland Amendment was one of many steps made to separate the United States from world affairs until trouble began in the Middle East during the Lebanese Civil War. After the kidnapping of 52 hostages the U.S.'s relationship with Iran was severely severed. Most of the kidnappings were by Hezbollah Terrorist who hope to gain political Leverage after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated. These terrorists decided to strategically let go of several hostages they had in order to gain favor from Reagan. Unfortunately, Ronald Reagan refused to negotiate with them even after they offered up the American hostages they were holding. Ronald Reagan then launched Operation Staunch. This operation became an enforced arms embargo on Iran in 1983 that was encouraged worldwide. Reagan was hoping that this embargo would stop the conflict between Iraq and Iran and would also help decrease the amount of Hostage situations despite the numerous efforts to relieve countries from U.S.

Canada, Mexico and the United States were all involved in NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. This agreement had really helped improve Canada’s economy and raised the standards of living in Canada. NAFTA had also proved itself to be a solid foundation to building Canada’s prosperity which is good for Canada’s independence as well (North, 1). After the free trade agreement, there were many positive effects in the Canadian economy. John F. Kerry, an American politician had once said, “NAFTA recognizes the reality of today's economy - globalization and technology.”(John, 1) This agreement states that Canada is helping in globalizing the economy of not only America but Canada and Mexico as well. In this case, the agreement is improving and benefiting the Canadian economy very well which is great for Canada's independence. It shows that Canada can make its own decisions with other countries to benefit their own country in many ways economic wise as well as independence wise. This also shows that although Canada and America are important trading partners, it doesn't necessarily mean that one country is a step behind the other. It means that if they work together, they can benefit each other and help improve one another's growth as

Upon taking office in 1980, Reagan issued a massive build up of the American military, and generally adapted a more confrontational policy towards the Soviet Union (which he referred to as an "evil Empire" in a 1983 speech) than had been adapted by his predecessors in the White House. This policy is ultimately credited with helping speed the economic collapse and opening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, which ultimately led to the breakup of the former USSR under the first President Bush. However, Reagan's policy included provisions for providing covert support for anti-Communist resistance activities around the world, including giving weapons and arms to Mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan, some of whom led Afghan and Taliban resistance to the US invasion of Afghanistan a two decades later in the 2000s. Perhaps the biggest scandal of Reagan's presidency also resulted from this policy, as the CIA violated American law by selling guns and weapons to Iran to fund the "Contra" rebels in Nicaragua, an episode that became known as the Iran-Contra scandal.

As the country was reeling from the loss of such a legendary president, the country was in a state of disarray. Rights as a whole were virtually non-existent. The country was extremely lacking in the health department. As a whole, the United States was losing people to poverty, it seemed, by the minute. Most importantly, however,

Iranian students rioting outside the embassy, jumped over the gates of the embassy and took over. Every news station was counting the days the U.S. diplomats were hostages, almost every day the newspaper cover showed the days since Americans were taken hostage. Never in history had the American people experienced a situation like this. If this fact was not embarrassing enough for the president, he had planned and executed a failed rescue mission to retrieve the hostages. Operation Eagle Claw was a dismal failure, and made the United States appear weak and shameful. On April 10, 1980, this public debacle damaged the United States’ reputation around the world. The operation had encountered many obstacles, and eventually had to be aborted. Eight helicopters were sent on the mission and were to meet at Desert One, however, only five helicopters had arrived. Not only had the mission been aborted, but one helicopter crashed in the desert and killed eight service men. This gave the American people a sense of post-Vietnam nostalgia. The American people have lost faith in their president and saw him as weak leader. Many historians believe this entire fiasco to be the main event that cost Carter reelection in

Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th president of the United States of America from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. He was a Republican and served two terms in office. He is considered by many people as one of the greatest presidents in American history. Section 1 of this paper begins by explaining why Reagan is considered a great president by many people, and also gives some background information on the state of the economy he had inherited. Section 2 reflects on Reagan’s domestic record, in particular three negative economic consequences that resulted from his policies and occurred during his presidency. Section 3 considers two aspects of Reagan’s foreign policy: the US invasion of Grenada, and the Iran-Contra

Then later the United States discovered a scandal with Iran and Noriega. President Ronald Reagan hammered him with a bunch of drug related indictments in United States courts; however, laws are different internationally and Noriega said these accusations weren’t credible and he did not accept Reagan’s demands of stepping down. In 1988, Elliot Adams and many others surrounding the Pentagon were requesting to pursue an invasion in Panama. But President Ronald Reagan refused to pursue the invasion due to Vice President Bush’s relations to General Noriega, ironically back then his duty was the task force on drugs, and President Reagan sought that it would hurt Vice President Bush’s presidential campaign. Later the charges on General Noriega were dropped on the drug trafficking incidents. In March 1988, an attempted invasion went through against the government of Panama but was resisted by Noriega's forces. As relations continued to get really bad, Noriega appeared to shift his support to the other Cold War leaders. Due to these alliances, the United States government started coming up with a plan to invade Panama. In May 1989, during the Panamanian National Elections, a

The economies of Canada, USA and Mexico were booming. The North American Free Trade Agreement has been beneficial for Canada. Eliminating tariffs from products entering Canada from the US or Mexico helped increase trade between these three countries. Prior to NAFTA, tariffs in Mexico reached up to 25% and were 2.5 times US tariff rates. Without it, international trade rules would have allowed Mexico to raise their tariffs up to 50%.

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.

In Panama, Manuel Noriega–the future dictator—was under the mentorship of Torrijos Herrera, Panama’s unofficial leader. When the grim reaper would come to claim Herrera, Noriega would gain control of Herrera’s leadership role, and in 1981, when Herrera was aboard a plane that crashed into the mountains, Noriega did just that . In order for complete control of Panama, he needed the power of the Panama Defense Force (PDF) at his will, and because of his desire for ultimate power he convinced Ruben Dario Paredes to resign from the leadership position of the PDF. During his complete control of Panama, he was situated as an ally of the United States government because he supplied information to organizations, such as the CIA, DEA, and the Army.

The North American Free Trade Agreement or as its most commonly known NAFTA “is a comprehensive rules-based agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico”, that came into effect on January 1,1994. All three countries signed it in December of 1992; later on November of 1993 it was ratified by the United States congress. NAFTA was not only used in cutting down on tariffs between both countries but it also help deal with issues such as Transportation, Border Issues, and Environmental Issues between these two countries. NAFTA changed some tariffs immediately and within fifteen years other tariffs will fall to zero. NAFTA was not created to just lower tariffs it was also created to open protected sectors in agriculture, energy,

Being the world 's largest economy, the United States is also largest exporter and importer of goods and services. American economic growth relies heavily on trade. According to a recent report on NAFTA, “Since 1992, nearly 20 million new jobs have been created in the U.S., in part due to the 1994 NAFTA agreement. Total trade between the NAFTA partners -- the U.S., Canada, and Mexico -- rose from $293 billion in 1993 to more than $475 billion in 1997, and has increased since. ” (Bowman, Free Trade). It is obvious evidence that international trade is beneficial to the US economy, at least in the 1990s.

Free traders promoted NAFTA with the belief that the transfer of low skilled jobs from the North of the continent to the South would bring about a diverse selection of cheap consumer goods. NAFTA would allow the free flow of goods, investment and services within North American to flourish.4 Despite the heated opposition to the liberalization of trade the Canadian government agreed to the trilateral agreement in 1994. Tariff