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NAFTA: A Brief Introduction

On January 1, 1994, history was made when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect. NAFTA is in a sense a Trojan horse, attractive outwardly but filled with a host of unpleasant surprises. In simple terms, NAFTA is a treaty between Canada, Mexico, and the United States to make the transportation of goods, services, and capital across national boundaries more "hassle-free". Sounds perfect until you take a closer look. NAFTA promises a lot of benefits but these benefits come at a high price. The truth about NAFTA is that it is a clever deception.
One of the results of NAFTA is that hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their jobs when American corporations moved their factories "hassle-free" to Mexico, where wages are lower, unions have less power, and environmental regulations are more relaxed. Crops from U.S. agricultural......

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