North American Free Trade Agreement

The Role of Government Government Intervention Since NAFTA was implemented 23 years ago, there has been a massive increase in profits and rights of multinational corporations which in turn led to a widening in economic equality in North America. Increased poverty, weakened labour rights and environmental protection have been social and economic consequences within the working class in all three member countries. From 2004 until now, 500,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost. Most of these jobs…

committed to creating the most favorable conditions for Canadian businesses to compete internationally. Free trade agreements (FTAs) and foreign investment promotion and protection agreements (FIPAs) between Canada and our trading partners are creating new opportunities for Canadian businesses. Canada has trade agreements with countries from Americas, Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa. Canadian firms take advantage of global opportunities, there is an…

According to a report by Statistics Canada, about 167,300 Canadian residents moved to the U.S. between 2001 and 2006. That’s about 33,000 per year. By comparison, about 9,000 Americans move to Canada each year, and the U.S. has nine times as many people. Granted, I understand why you miserable shit fucks would want to move here. American Universities are better than Canadian Universities. Of the top 20 Universities in the world, the U.S. has 17, with Harvard at number one. In the top 20, none…

profoundly and primarily impacted by foreign trades. A massive portion of our trades relies on Canada’s branding as the friendly and calm nation; Canada’s free-trade agreements are successful popularly due to our approachable and admirable label. In turn, this allows Canada to meet new potential clients, which ultimately expands the target audience for Canadian businesses. Additionally, Canada is able to network on an international level within these trades systems as Canadians open their minds…

The objective the NAFTA is to reduce barriers to U.S. exports, protect U.S. interests competing abroad, and enhance the rule of law in the FTA partner country or countries. In order to get a Free Trade Agreement there is a standard they have to meet. In order for a U.S. product to be eligible for duty-free entry into Mexico or Canada, the product must be produced in the United States, entirely of NAFTA component parts, or if foreign components are used, the foreign component must undergo…

“Should Canada and the United States have a common economic system with little government” is a question asked by many canadians and americans around the world. I am here to answer that question. This is not just a tiny question this is what will determine the future of Canadians. The United States of America is proposing that we switch to their style of economy so that it will meet our citizen’s needs. The economy that the United States wants Canada to convert to is called a market economy. A…

The Canadian and the American Economies are very different. The Canadian Economy is mostly a mixed economy. According to Webster's dictionary, this means that some companies are owned by the government and other companies are not. The American Economy is mainly a market economy which means prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by a government. Many people believe that Canada and the U.S should have a common economic system with little government involvement…

merchandise trade deficit with Mexico (“The pitfalls of renegotiating NAFTA, 2017). On the other hand, Eugene Beaulieu, economics professor at the University of Calgary, argues that NAFTA should not be renegotiated. Beaulieu claims that while NAFTA did cause the loss of jobs in some industries, it created jobs in other industries. More importantly, NAFTA did not increase U.S. unemployment in the long run, but it did increase productivity (Beaulieu, 2017). He concludes that renegotiating the…

The criticism of NAFTA has been prominent in the last eight years. It started with the campaigns run by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, when both criticized such an agreement and often referred to it as a failure. Most recently the president of the United States has also described it as such. However, there’s a very important narrative being erased from the conversation and that is how NAFTA impacted Mexico in a negative way. In a way that did not impact the other two nations. As Barack Obama…

A nation is an incredibly important aspect in anything that aspires to be its own entity. Developing a nation will help in creating a stronger, and well functioning society. In many cases, a nation needs help growing with the help of an other nation, like in the case of the Hockey Nation, and the Canadian nation. Without the other, these nations wouldn't have grown to be the nations we know today. Hockey needed the resources, the people, the money and the technology that Canada offered for its…