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6 pages. NAFTA was originally devised as a means to promote trade between countries in a manner that would affect all of the participating countries favorably. Such has not always been the case however, and in this paper we look at how NAFTA has served the domestic American interests in some ways and has been a failure in this endeavor in others. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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favorably. Such has not always been the case however, and in this paper we look at how NAFTA has served the domestic American interests in some ways and has
been a failure in this endeavor in others. AMERICAN INTERESTS IN PROMOTING NAFTA The origination of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was to establish a foundation that
would create jobs in Mexico, Canada and the United States, raise living standards, "reduce pressure for illegal immigration and improve the natural environment" (Weisbrot, 17A). One of the primary
purposes behind implementing NAFTA was so that three hundred sixty million consumers who live in Canada, Mexico and the United States would have a "powerful economic bloc" (Anonymous, PG).
The benefit of this is easy to ascertain when one considers the fact that the three countries combined produce a Gross National Product of six point three trillion American dollars.
The very intent of NAFTA was to create a boon within the work force that would establish significant numbers of jobs and other opportunities industry wide. Under NAFTA,
North American resources, such as land, labor, capital and technology, would be utilized more effectively, as well as become a catalyst for "heightening competitive market forces" (Anonymous, PG). THE
CREATION OF NAFTA NAFTA was created as a means by which North American trade and investment could be energized past the levels they were at during that time. Looking
back upon 1991, U.S./Canada trade and investment levels reached one hundred forty-three billion, while U.S./Mexico was sixty-four billion. Mexico and Canada together reflected just three billion. The total
of direct U.S. investment at that time with regard to Mexico was sixty-eight point five billion and eleven point six billion with Canada. The same period represented direct investment
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