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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Chose any two questions from the NAFTA question and two questions from the fast-track question.

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Essays and responses are not to include definitions, historical perspectives, talking points, or personal attacks.  References to individual must include a title where applicable, i.e., President Clinton, not Bill Clinton or Vice President Gore, not Al Gore.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came to fruition in 1994.  For your discussion essay, thoroughly answer at least two of the below questions.

    1. How is it doing now?
    2. Compare and contrast some of NAFTAs good and bad points.
    3. Was it a good agreement for the American worker?
    4. Was it a good agreement for the American consumer?
    5. How did implementation of NAFTA impact the United States balance of trade and trade deficit.
    6. If you were the sole decision maker for the implementation of NAFTA, what would you have done and why?

Congress authorized fast-track powers for trade deals to President Obama the end of June 2015.  For your discussion essay, thoroughly answer at least two of the below questions.

    1. What do you see as short-term and long-term trade effects?
    2. Compare and contrast some of the good and bad points of the fast-track process.
    3. Is fast-track good for the American worker?
    4. Is fast-track good for the American consumer?
    5. How will implementation of proposed trade agreements impact the United States balance of trade and trade deficit.
    6. How will pending/proposed trade agreements impact union labor?
    7. How will pending/proposed trade agreements impact employment?
      1. What sectors will be benefited?
      2. What sectors will be impacted?

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Compare and contrast some of NAFTAs good and bad points

The North American Free Trade Agreement has increased trade between Mexico, the United States and Canada by four times. This is due to the eradication of tariffs making the trade to increase to 1.14 trillion dollars by the year 2015. It also reduced prices of oil imported from Mexico and the dependence on the Middle East countries for petroleum products. The growth of economic output was experienced in the United States of up to five percent per year. There was creation of employment in America…..

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