Gentlemen's agreement

There are four producers that conducted and created the documentary Maquilopolis. The names of these producers are Vicky Funari, Sophia Constantinou, Alex Armenta, and Sergio De La Torre. These four individuals are a mix of American and Mexican producers. They released this documentary in January 2006 and filmed most of the time in Tijuana and Baja California. The focus of the film was on the U.S.-Mexican border factories and the lives of the women working there. These four producers made the…

Globalization is happening everywhere in the world nowadays. Mexico is an example that filled with transnationals, which is the sign of globalization. However, what does this trend bring to people in Mexico? As we can see form the film “Maquilapolis”, globalization changes Mexicans’ daily lives, and impacts on their living environment and health, especially for women. “Maquiladora” is a manufacturing operation in a free trade zone, where workers work with materials that are imported assembled…

One of the most debated topics in the past election during Trump's presidency is North American Free Trade Agreement, also known as NAFTA. Donald Trump talked a lot about NAFTA over the course of his presidential run with plans to renegotiate or withdraw from the agreement. What was deemed originally a great trade agreement has since gotten a lot of backlash for many reasons that will be discussed later. Trade is an important part to any country, it brings in products that a country can’t grow…

harm the nation, La Voz reported…Law for the Protection of New Plant Varieties, ' dubbed the 'Monsanto Law ' by critics for its formidable seed-privatization provisions, is an obligation for all nations that signed the 2005 CAFTA-DR free trade agreement.”(RT-USA). Guatemala could be removed from the CAFTA if they continue to suspend and choose eliminate the law. If they keep it, citizens will face 1 to 4 year prison sentences and fines from hundreds to thousands of dollars simply for growing…

As societies have continued to evolve, the industrial society has been the most productive society of all. One country that is an industrial society is Canada. While Canada had been populated by earlier societies like the hunter-gatherers, they were founded as a country in 1867. According to the World Factbook, the population of Canada is currently around 34,834,841. The population growth rate is .76 percent, with the birth rate at 10.29 births per 1,000 persons. The current death rate is 8…

Free Trade Free trade policies have been in effect since the first stages of the Industrial Revolution; however, the theory of free trade has always been linked with conflict. 1976 Nobel Prize winner, Milton Friedman, once said in an interview that many people forget, "the most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit” (PBS). This fundamental problem brought up by Friedman is prevalent in the minds of millions of Americans.…

Name: Thabet Alsaddah NAFTA (National American Free Trade Agreement) INTRODUCTION Free trade is a policy followed by some global markets in which countries administrations don 't confine imports from, or fares to, different nations. Free commerce is exemplified by the European Economic Area and the North American Free Trade Agreement, which have set up open markets. Fair trade is a social development whose expressed objective is to help producers in developing nations accomplish better…

all”. The WTO is comprised of 164 members currently. These members are countries and territories who are involved in the negotiation agreements, 117 of which are developing countries and territories. The organization was founded on January 1, 1995, and currently holds its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement that strives to support american jobs and businesses that may struggle in the corporate world. According…

largest trade blocks, and if they were to fall apart, all of the trade deals would have to be reconstructed for each country. Reconstructing trade agreements is a lengthy process that would take years to get ratified. Around 63% of Britain’s total exports go to countries in Europe. While they were in the European Union, there was a free trade agreement in place that allowed countries to not have to pay tariffs. Now, they will have to pay costs to ship their goods…

that did not rely on slavery generally supported high tariffs to protect their manufacturing businesses. Southern states, on the other hand supported free trade agreements. This is because free trade made it easier for the states to export cotton and other produce without tariffs or strict regulations (Destler). Today, free trade agreements, or FTAs, are facing a similar predicament. While free trade allows for products to be exported cheaply to foreign markets, it also displaces jobs and has…