Globalization Of Nafta

First off, people working in Maquiladoras work in very bad conditions. Document C, picture A shows how there are hundreds of people in one room all wedged together. Most of these machines were broken and falling apart, which made it harder for them to work. The Maquiladoras that many work in are poor, run-down, and dirty. The companies care little about their safety and more about their products being produced rapidly. They did not make safety their number one priority. Not caring about their

One of the concerns was o U.S jobs was shifted to Mexico so U.S workers had suffered from NAFTA. This effect may be difficult to quantify, but influence on bargaining power of U.S workers. If firm could step to move jobs to Mexico if labor unions did not comply with their demands. Some U.S. industries have been benefitted to raise demand for U.S. products in Mexico or Canada, creating new jobs while other industries have job losses by NAFTA. It is quite difficult to quantify data on the effects of NAFTA on sector wise because of the other economic factors that influence trade and employment levels in countries. For example: The devaluation of the Mexican unit of money resulted lower Mexican wages standard and norms, which may be taken as source of Incentive for U.S. companies to have low production costs with cheap labor. One can say that trade-related employment due to NAFTA from the lowering of trade barriers, and from low economic conditions in Mexico and for United States to influence in increase of investment decisions and rise demand for

In one case, Alma Molina, a worker in the electrical parts industry of Juarez, was laid off from her job after it was discovered that she was associated with other workers who were attempting to organize a union. From that point on, it was very difficult for Molina to find another job because she had been blacklisted by her former employer. [3] Fortunately, organizing campaigns are slowly started to emerge. Jaime Cota of the Workers Information Center in Tijuana says, “While we still have a long way to go, there are now more than 30 different groups trying to organize independent unions in the maquiladoras,” “We're trying to bring all those groups together so we can build a more effective movement.” There are many social issues associated with maquiladoras because of the mistreatments that the workers face on a day to day basis. Often times, maquiladora workers are exposed to dangerous chemicals and machinery with little to no protection. [4] These manufacturing operations are a serious concern to the Mexican society and need to be appropriately addressed by both governments and private companies

“It is important to realize that NAFTA is not the opening up of Mexico,” said Jonathan Heath, a Mexico City economist. “The opening up of Mexico had occurred before NAFTA. NAFTA is the consolidation of that opening up and what it really represents is the locking in of trade liberalization for Mexico.”

America’s economy is flat lining. We are bleeding jobs and hemorrhaging revenue. One out of every seven citizens is on financial life support and our government needs to do something stat. One of the first steps in the road to recovery is repealing the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, because it is dangerous to our economic stability and future.

When NAFTA was created, no one really understood the impact that the measure would have on the world economy. Drilling down, NAFTA impacts put Mexican farmers out of business due to the “government-subsidized U.S. Farm products.” (Source: https://www.thebalance.com/disadvantages-of-nafta-3306273) As described in the New York Times, exports from the US to Mexico of “corn and other staples” that were subsidized on average of $20,000 per year by the US Government, resulted in “small farmers finding themselves unable to make a living. Some two million have been forced to leave their farms since Nafta.” (Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/11/24/what-weve-learned-from-nafta/under-nafta-mexico-suffered-and-the-united-states-felt-its-pain

the Mexican agricultural industry had to compete with the far more industrialized US farm industry. Even though the amount of exported products tripled since the institution of NAFTA [according to the economist], most of those exports were maize. The United States was producing a greater amount of grain products and importing them cheaply into Mexico. The amount of American imports overwhelmed the Mexican market and forced them to sell to America and Canada. The theory the United States held was NAFTA would decrease the amount of Mexican immigration. However, this hurt the Mexican economy enough until around 2008 to force millions of Mexicans into the United States, doubling the Mexican-born population to twelve million in 2013 (Sergei, M. 2014).

In layman’s terms, NAFTA hoped to encourage trade by eliminating the former obstacles in order to facilitate the ease of goods and services across all borders. It also expected to improve fair competition by making all countries abide by the rules laid out in the agreement.. An example of how NAFTA has improved investment opportunities is evident in Canada, where the “direct investment in the United States and Mexico[…] has increased by 340 percent between 1990 and 2002 from $60 billion to 205 billion. In addition [Canada] benefited from $225 billion in American and Mexican direct investment in Canada” (Further). As far as intellectual property in concerned, everyone knows that it’s easy to get foreign, more specifically Mexican made, designer knock-offs. Under NAFTA, these practices would be prohibited and each country would have to respect the other’s trademarks, copyrights, etc. NAFTA sets out guild lines to deal with disputes as well as a set of rules that outlines practices and procedures. Through these objectives, NAFTA is tying to improve the relations and the economies of all three nations.

When countries have needs but not the capacity to satisfy those demands they enter into trading through the exchange of surplus, produce to help their trading partners. Canada, Mexico, and the United States created a treaty to establish a relationship that can benefit everyone in this process known as NAFTA. This agreement has been criticized and has been blamed for hurting the US economy more than helping. Although speculations may be misguided, I do not know much about this agreement, and I must research multiple sources. This paper seeks to understand if NAFTA has produced significant benefits for Canada, Mexico, and the United States economies.

One of the big problems that people see with NAFTA is that companies are leaving for economic advantages in other areas within NAFTA’s borders. In America, specific industries were hit hard by the new opportunities, with a “loss of 500,000-750,000 U.S. jobs. Most... in the manufacturing industry... [moving] to Mexico because labor was cheap” (Amadeo). On the other hand, much of the agricultural production started coming from American farmers, who have more efficient ways of mass producing crops than most Mexican farmers. Although this specialization may seem like a problem, with manufacturing playing a key part in America’s past economic success, it is more profitable for us to sell our crops to Mexico and Canada than the loss from factories leaving the country.

Although the agricultural sector of Mexico was affected by NAFTA, the country has another source of income to keep their economy running gasoline and oil, tourism, and the remittance that is being sent through Western Union by families, who earn money in the United States, to their loved ones in Mexico. It was documented in 2008 that there were $25 billion that was sent back to Mexico (The Other Side of Immigration), but even though the country [Mexico] earns through oil, tourism, and remittance, it was still not helpful for the Welton 26 and most Mexicans who migrated illegally to have job opportunities. That is why many Mexicans like the Welton 26 illegally migrated to the United States for better opportunities and to earn more money to provide for the ones they left behind.

According to The Washington Post (1993),” Under NAFTA they have full protection for their investment, duty free access to the rich U.S. market, and a team of productive Mexican workers. These workers average compensation is only $2.35per hour. Investors gain $15,000 or more per U.S job that is shifted to Mexico,” now this is good for the companies but not for the people working. Its hard labor and to only be paid $2.35 an hour should be a crime. It seems like the companies are the only ones benefitting from the Maquiladora program. Even some of the workers here in the United States get paid so little and have no benefits and get treated with no respect when in fact they deserve it. Everyone is entitled to be paid and benefits. Mexico should have a minimum wage set like the United States.

Carcinogenic and corrosive chemicals coupled with poor air ventilation, dangerous heavy machinery with inadequate safety information or training, and noise levels high enough to damage human hearing, along with numerous other health hazards, are what the underrepresented Mexican workers of the maquiladoras are constantly exposed to. For these maquiladora laborers, workdays can be longer than 12 hours, with very little time for breaks, if any, and the wages provided by the exploitive monetarily-driven companies barely cover minimum living expenses for an individual, making it virtually impossible to support a family. While having to

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,

It has been ten years since the signature of the NAFTA agreement among Canada, U.S., and Mexico. For Mexico, this was a decisive step away from a protectionism model toward a