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Q: Why did the United states Canada and Mexico sign the NAFTA?
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What are two trading partners of Canada under the NAFTA agreement?

The U.S and Mexico


Does Canada have extradition treaty with Mexico?

Indeed:Agreement between the government of the United Mexican States and the governmentof Canada on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. October 21, 1990.


What has the NAFTA had on Canada?

· One of those concerns is how NAFTA has cost workers their jobs:Instead of increasing, Canada has lost 398, 837 jobs ever since NAFTA began, from 1994 to 2001.· Canada is too dependant on United States as Canada's source of economy.The United States is Canada's largest trading partner; this is a concern because close relationship between the economy trades of two countries resembles a double edged sword. Although Canada's economy will become more powerful when United State's economy becomes powerful, there is always a chance of the opposite results occurring.· Canadian Industries and companies are becoming less competitive:It increases employment in those profiting companies (ie auto), but it decreases those little small companies (ie refrigerator companies in Canada) because the ones in the US overpower them.Canada is losing its culture:Laws/bans are breaking downEnvironment gets damagedNAFTA has caused huge amounts of toxic waste to be dumped into Countries with weak environment laws, Canada that is. This increases the risks of contaminating the drinking water in Canada. Because of NAFTA, Canada is now importing four times the hazardous waste from the United States.NAFTA has also increased the traffic movement between borders. The pollution from caused from traffic, contributes to the rising temperatures of global warming.80 per cent of Canadians live within 100 kilometres of the American border. (Traffic congestion and delays along the border causing pollution to release in the air)NAFTA allows United States to take advantage of Canada and its resources:For years and years now, Canada has been trading other countries with their advantage of many natural resources. Now that NAFTA came into affect, USA also has the advantages with Canada's natural resources. This will cause more clear-cutting and natural areas to be destroyed.


What is the NAFTA agreement?

It is the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada, Mexico and the United States all signed an agreement creating a trade bloc. It eliminates tariffs on a number of imports, and it is seeking to eliminate trade barriers between the forementioned countries.


How has NAFTA affected people in Canada and the people in Mexico?

Some of them do; some of them don't. NAFTA was sold as a "Marshall Plan" that would make Mexico a wealthy nation, but it lacked the structural reforms needed to work such way. It also has worsened rural conditions in Mexico, as laborers cannot compete against the heavily subsidized products cultivated in the US and Canada. Finally, in the case of American and Canadian companies, cheaper labor costs found in Mexico have forced many companies to close their plants in their home countries, leaving many jobless workers behind.On the other hand, it has worked as a shock therapy for the Mexican companies, who suddenly had to compete globally; it also has allowed many other companies in the US and Canada to increase their profits.