What is NAFTA and which countries are in it? Is it beneficial or harmful to the countries involved? Explain why.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should first define NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement, which was signed in 1994 by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, which is meant to broaden commercial ties between the three North American countries). Then students should decide whether NAFTA is beneficial or harmful and explain why. If they say beneficial, their explanation should touch upon the considerable expansion of trade and investment flows across the region, the increased value of exports, and the creation of jobs in the United States. If they say harmful, their explanation should touch upon the loss of jobs in Mexico and the weak and ineffective nature of the rules over labor conditions and environmental protection.
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