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NAFTA
By: Rebekah SnowdenPeriod 3
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They wanted to:
Eliminate barriers to trade
Promote fair competition
Increase investment opportunities
Create resolutions for trade disputes
WHY IT WAS STARTED
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Ratified in 1993
House:234-200, November
17
Senate:60-38, November 20
Signed into law by Clinton
December 8, 1993
HOW IT STARTED
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Reduced trading costs
Increased business
investments
Helped North America be
competitive
Tariffs were eliminated
Trade tripled
$297 billion to $1 trillion
WHAT IT DID
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PROS Creates middle-class
jobs Less expensive
material Lower cost to make
goods Increases sales &
profits Helps poorer
countries.
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more U.S. jobs lost
higher-wage jobs lost
Many agreements are bad for U.S.◦ Ex) 700,000-
6,000 rising income
inequality
CONS
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Workers being exploited & harmed.
Environment in other countries is defiled
Corporate profits soar
Individual wages stay same
MORE CONS
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Canada $339.5 billion
Mexico $215.9 billion
Largest & third largest suppliers
U.S. imports totaled $555.4 billion
IMPORTS
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Canada $261.2 billion
Mexico $151.2 billion
Top two purchasers
U.S. exports totaled $412.4 billion
EXPORTS
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Canadian employment levels have also shown steady gains.
Canada gained the most from NAFTA
Canada exports totaled $381.3 Billion Dollars
IMPACTS