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    exactly it is. The Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP as it is commonly referred to in shorthand is a free trade agreement that the United States and 12 countries which includes Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the United States, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, and New Zealand. Free Trade means that tariffs are virtually dismantled in between countries to supposedly spur the machine of trade and boost everybody’s economy. If you did not know that you are not alone as a Harvard poll that was

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    right side part of the figure represents the percentage of the United States exports of goods and services to trade agreement partners. The United States have agreed that the 20 Free Trade Agreement partner countries are the most important market for exports from U.S. Table 1 below lists top seven goods and services, industrial area classification and each of their exported value of goods and services in the dollars (in billions). Table 1 U.S. Goods Exports to FTA Partners-Top 7 Billion U.S. Dollars

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    threw the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement that came into effect on January 1,1995 which involves Mexico, Canada and the United States of America. This agreement is said to produce 1 billion to 3 billion dollar gains in each country. NAFTA ensures that a certain amount of goods produced and traded between the three countries has to have a minimum percentage of its parts produced in North America

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    Professor Gardner, I combined my answers for question 1 and 3 due to they support each other. * What is the Fourth amendment exception as it pertains to border searches? Describe the functional equivalent of the border? Although the Fourth Amendment protects citizen rights against unlawful searches while it also identifies the specific criteria where probable cause is required, the Supreme Court supports certain circumstances where an exception to policy comes into play. The exception’s under

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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

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    INTRODUCTION TO NAFTA: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect on January 1, 1994 (Free Trade Agreements, 2016). The agreement was marked by President George H.W. Bush on December 17, 1992 as the primary period of his Enterprise for The Americas Initiative (EA) and endorsed by Congress on November 20, 1993. The NAFTA Implementation Act was marked into law by President William J. Clinton on December 8, 1993. NAFTA eliminates tariffs and other trade barriers on goods and services

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    Nafta Pros And Cons

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    The North American Free Trade Agreement is one of the more interesting topics which I almost chose myself. The agreement itself has become a political firestorm due to the most recent presidential election and has almost sealed the fate of the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. When NAFTA was passed it seemed like there were only weak arguments against it and nothing but benefits from all three participating countries would occur. Anyone can see that the gross domestic product and

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    Key term As a result of extensive research on various topics, the one area there has been on the rise and is subject to further debate and analysis is the North American free trade agreement. This particular treaty is of interest owing to the current globalization that is fast consuming economies across the world as well as the change in leadership in the three countries involved. As a result, this essay takes into account the current economic state of the world about the increased competition;

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    In the recent 2016 election Mr. President, Donald J. Trump has repeatedly voiced his opinion about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). According to Tami Luhby from CNN (2016), Mr. President is quoted saying, “NAFTA is a disaster and one of the worst trade deals in history.” However, without NAFTA we would not be able to import nearly half of the goods we receive. For instance, Ford, one of the leading car manufactures is located in Mexico. With most of the cars America imports being

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    International Trade What is International Trade?      International trade is defined as trade between two or more partners from different countries in the exchange of goods and services. In order to understand International trade, we need to first know and understand what trade is, which is the buying and selling of products between different countries. International Trade simply is globalization of the world and enables countries to obtain products and services from other countries effortlessly

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