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NAFTA Guided Research Notes

Using the site http://useconomy.about.com/od/tradepolicy/p/NAFTA_History.htm, you will be expected to answer the following questions about NAFTA and how it affects Mexico (as well as Canada and the United States): 1. What does NAFTA stand for?

2. What is the purpose of NAFTA?

3. What is a tariff?

4. What month/day/& year was NAFTA signed into U.S. law and by which U.S. president?

5. Why was NAFTA formed? Give four important reasons for its existence: a.

b.

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d.

6. List and explain 2 advantages of NAFTA that Mexico benefits from: a.

b.

7. List and explain 2 disadvantages of NAFTA that affects Mexico: a.

b.

8. What is the Maquiladora program? How has NAFTA affected this program? (pgs. 196-97 of the textbook)