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"The North America Free Trade Agreement"

The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a pact that calls for the gradual removal of tariffs and other trade barriers on most goods produced and sold in the United States. NAFTA forms the world's second largest free trade agreement, the first been the European Union. This controversial treaty between the United States, Canada, and Mexico passed during President Clinton's first term in 1994, and it will last14 years.
Hence, in this research paper we will look at issues that have risen from this treaty. We will look at the effects of NAFTA on U.S. workers first by examining the position of two articles with very different political opinions. Then we look at the question of immigration, how has NAFTA encouraged the movement of labor across the U.S., and Mexico border, and how has that movement affected the America labor market.
It said change is always hard but how hard does it has to be. For many scholars this question is very debatable. We will start with a look at how employment is affected by NAFTA on U.S., and then we will look at the so-called benefits of employment NAFTA is proving. Once again history repeats it self, now we are facing with "labor versus globalization" (Ross) labor movements are organization that fight for the welfare of workers. However, the labor movement is becoming a thing of the past because of NAFTA. The reason is now companies do not longer feel threat because now they the full support of both the political and legal sectors. Nowadays the situation has change when it comes to labor movements because now this companies can" threaten to relocate an expand labor markets"(Ross). Therefore making it harder for workers to fight for their rights. NAFTA has made it easier for manufactures companies to relocate to countries that have fewer labor laws and where they do not have to pay high wages in other words cheap labor.
The impact or this action had left many unskilled workers with...