What do critics say is important problem related to nafta in Mexico?

Answer 1

The classic response is "unsafe working conditions".

However, in real life NAFTA has created many issues due to lack understanding of microeconomics and how economic integration would affect the common man. It seems the only country that has been fully benefited from the treaty has been Canada -- this however, is open to debate.

In the case of Mexico, sudden imports of highly-subsidized American and Canadian agricultural products have put out of business many small-scale farmers, who were forced to migrate into the cities or into the United States. This is also a big problem for the United States, as these migrants (often illegal) represent a social issue, but keep prices of agricultural products down. This has become a vicious circle between the U.S. and Mexico.

In the case of the United States, many industries are leveraging cheaper labor costs and laxer environmental and working laws, migrating into northern Mexico to establish assembly plants known as maquiladoras. These inject much-needed dollars into the Mexican economy, but at a high price, including exploitation of the local workforce and environmental damage. These of course, also mean fewer industrial jobs are available for the United States workforce.

Answer 2

The most serious unintended consequence of NAFTA is the loss of Mexican rural jobs due to competition against the highly-subsidized American and Canadian producers. This in turn triggered a new wave of illegal Immigration into the United States by these displaced laborers: in 1990 there were 4.3 million immigrants of Mexican origin within the United States -- including legal and illegal immigrants alike. By the year 2000, this number jumped to 9.2 million; most of them, not surprisingly, are from Mexican agricultural states, such as Oaxaca, Michoacan and Guerrero.

Answer 3

In order to capture the maximum possible foreign investment and the jobs that emerged from it, the Mexican government was forced to accept a condition as part of being member of NAFTA: low wages for the workers of the "maquiladora" industry that has appeared on its soil.

This has provoked protests among the three members of NAFTA, since in both the United States and Canada this has meant the loss and migration of these jobs to Mexico, while in Mexico, they have a pay just above the poverty level, which Sometimes it is accompanied by a flagrant violation of labor rights in Mexico - such as not hiring pregnant women and rejecting labor unions.

Answer 4

In order to capture the maximum possible foreign investment and the jobs that emerged from it, the Mexican government was forced to accept a condition as part of being member of NAFTA: low wages for the workers of the "maquiladora" industry that has appeared on its soil.

This has provoked protests among the three members of NAFTA, since in both the United States and Canada this has meant the loss and migration of these jobs to Mexico, while in Mexico, they have a pay just above the poverty level, which Sometimes it is accompanied by a flagrant violation of labor rights in Mexico - such as not hiring pregnant women and rejecting labor unions.

Answer 5

Unsafe working conditions is a problem.