North American Free Trade Agreement

Accords affect the political status and rights of indigenous people in Chiapas since 1990? I am studying the change in political status and the rights of the indigenous people of Chiapas after the Zapatista rebellion in 1994, as well as after the agreement on the San Andres Accords in 1996. I am very interested in the causes, scale, scope, and effectiveness of the San Andres Accords, which was signed by the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) and the Mexican government in 1996. The…

it affected the nation negatively. Neoliberalism is an economic and social theory that free markets and free trade is the best way to structure society. This means reducing society to no regulations and privatization of every aspect of economic and social life. As a result the United States moved from being the world’s largest creditor nation to the world’s largest debtor nation. These neoliberal policies on trade deficit, deindustrialization, deregulations, and supply-side…

for centuries, in recent decades, the increased growth of products and services that businesses have moved offshore has not only contributed to increased global economic growth and prosperity but also has faced much controversy and debate while Americans today attempt to protect the domestic business against offshoring. The overall problem includes transportation costs, disruption in innovation and productivity, reduction of quality of products and services, job displacement, and more…

remain of head of their competitors who are either located in Mexico, or choosing to expand there as well. The plants in Mexico will provide additional trade benefits to the company as well as new and easier methods of transpiration for new trade and selling options in other countries that would otherwise be difficult to reach under current trade laws within the United States. The increase wage gap between the United States and Mexico is without a doubt a very big factor in Ford’s decision to…

There is a huge contrast in between both presidential candidates mentality. The Democratic party seems to be more conservative than the Republican party in many ways. In one side, we have Mrs. Hillary Clinton. She is known to be a very presidential lady with a polite personality. This candidate feels comfortable with running America the same way we been doing it. The traditional matters are important to keep, and not many changes are needed. In the other side, we have Mr. Donald Trump. Mr. Trump…

While the agreement appeared promising, it was all but the opposite. The agreement led to Mexican land owners to be stripped of their land or have their land be repurposed to harvest certain crops. The people of Mexico formed rebellions in order to fight off this agreement. On January 1st 1994, a primarily indigenous rebel group, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, or EZLN, declared war…

back to the country they came from. Foreign companies typically use this business practice because it offers cheap labor and tax breaks. The use and presence of maquiladoras did not become so immense in Mexico until the 1990’s when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) stepped in. In the mid 1990’s NAFTA helped the spread of maquiladoras in Mexico, increasing the amount of factories and availability for U.S companies to expand onto…

In 1992, United States President George H.W. Bush, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. What many are not familiar with is how Texas border cities with Mexico, particularly the borderland of El Paso, TX, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, saw a significant increase in gender violence after the signing of NAFTA. Since the early 1990’s to the early 2000’s, Ciudad Juárez became the central stage…

A few degrading words that people use when referring to Mexicans are; Wetback, Spic, and Beaner, whether American or not. They also have many stereotypes against them such as lazy, machismos, drunks and many more. One of the main reasons they are discriminated against is because of their illegal immigration into the United States. Mexicans were left no choice but to cross illegally to seek a better life, because of the cost and many obstacles it made it difficult to become a citizen. Often…

Industry Environment- Supporting Industry & Industrial Production Growth Rate In Mexico, it has many different industries, including textiles and clothing. In Spain, textiles and apparel (including footwear) and footwear are two main industries. Hong Kong also has textiles and clothing industries but the occupation of industries in Hong Kong is small. Besides, the industrial production growth rate in Mexico is 0.9% which ranked 148 compared to the world. The industrial production growth rate in…