Global Trade Assignment
Global Trade Assignment
Global Trade Assignment
Assignment
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GLOBAL TRADE
Assignment
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NAFTA LOGO
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1) Is your country part of a union?
Yes, my country is part of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). This is
an organization which is consisting of 3 member nations CANADA, MAXICO AND
USA. It was the subsided Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S.
and Canada. In terms of combined purchasing power parity GDP of its members. Main
aim behind creating NAFTA was to declining trade barrier between these 3 neighbors so
that they can be stronger in terms of business and power than other developed countries
of Europe and Asia. NAFTA helps Mexico to sell there products in USA in cheaper price
as well as it helps Canada to expand there business in USA and also it helps USA to get
Canadian and Mexican recourses easily. Because of NAFTA Canadian people can enter
into USA without any visa. There are still some barriers in exporting in some of the
agricultural products but NAFTA is seeking elimination of that barrier too.
NAFTA was build only for this three nations so except them no one is can enter into this
union. There are lots of reasons behind it, because
USA will not allow any one to enter here because it was build by USA to make
them more strong by using there neighbors.
Canada will not allow any other nations to use there resources (for example:
Water)
It will create more inequality in Mexico.
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3) What is Canada’s role in this union?
NAFTA superseded the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S.
and Canada. In terms of combined purchasing power parity GDP of its members. in 1988.
Canada and the United States signed the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement.
The American government then entered into negotiations with the Mexican government
for a similar treaty, and Canada asked to join the negotiations in order to preserve its
perceived gains under the 1988 deal.
Before knowing what kind of union is it lets see what the levels of economic integration
are:
1) FREE TRADE
2) CUSTOMER UNION
3) COMMON MARKET
4) ECONOMIC UNION
5) POLITICAL UNION
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NAFTA falls under level 3 COMMON MARKET; because there are no barrier of trade
between member countries in NAFTA includes a common external trade policy and
allows factors of production to move freely between members.
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5) What Are The Advantages we enjoy from NAFTA?
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6) What are the disadvantages we enjoy from NAFTA?
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