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NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement

The Current President's View

Goals Of NAFTA

When and Why did NAFTA start?

What is NAFTA?

1. To eliminate trade barriers.

2. Promote fair conditions for competition.

3. To increase Investment opportunities

4. To provide protection of property

5. To create regulations in case of disputes

6. To help expand world trade.

NAFTA, or The Northern American Free Trade Agreement, is an agreement between Canada, Mexico, and U.S. that was created to allow free trade In North America.

  • Trump, The current president, wants better deals for American Workers.
  • He wants Mexico to end it's maquiladora program.
  • He has threatened to drop out of NAFTA to get his way
  • and he has even threatened to put a tariff on mexico's imports.
  • Originally, The U.S was supposed to only create the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (Was signed by Reagan)
  • Canada proposed to include Mexico, (1991). In 1992, NAFTA was signed by President George H.W. Bush, Mexican President Salinas and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
  • it was then signed into law by Bill Clinton.

A depiction of "Trump" pushing out the other countries showing his views on NAFTA

Carlos Salinas de Gortari, George H.W. Bush, Brian Mulroney, Jaime Serra Puche, Carla Hills, Michael Wilson at the Initiation of NAFTA

The three nations represented as people that look like the nation's flag

The Results

U.S Actions

Bibliography

  • In taking action, The U.S. has been regulating what comes in and what comes out
  • The taxes on imports and exports, through cross border investment
  • Even raised the trade of North America to a whole new level.
  • Many people see NAFTA as a bad thing that needs to be changed. what people see is that their jobs are going to Mexico.
  • people see it as unfair and ruining the economy.
  • On the other hand, people see the fact that it boosted our trade relations with the world.

A Truck delivering items across borders

A political cartoon emphasizing that People see NAFTA as something taking their jobs

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