The+North+American+Free+Trade+Agreement+(NAFTA)

==The North American Free Trade Agreement began on January 1, 1994 to help solve trading disputes and to break down trading obstacles between Mexico, the United States, and Canada. As of January 1, 2008, all other duties and quantitative restrictions were eliminated. Between Mexico, the United States, and Canada, NAFTA created the largest free trade== ====

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==The upbringing of NAFTA was a momentous occurrence because this was the first time three separate nations with such drastically differentiating levels of development had come up with a trade agreement.== ==Other than being a trade agreement, NAFTA is often times referred to as an investment agreement. NAFTA is also involved in the inspection of meat sold in grocery stores, new rules that raised the price of medicine, and constraints on a local government’s capability to zone against toxic industries.== ==A downside to NAFTA is that some people believe that the trade agreement will cause a downward spiral affect regarding wages, destroy U.S. job opportunities, as well as lurk health, environmental and food safety standards.== ==On the flip side, NAFTA promised to do the very opposite. It is said that NAFTA would create thousands of new U.S. jobs, improve environmental conditions, raise living standards in the three nations, as well as convert Mexico from an impoverished state to one of booming new markets for U.S. exports.==

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==By aiding the three nations with agreements and disputes regarding trade, this can potentially help the nations to remain separate while using proper trading and communication techniques. At the same time, this can potentially drive the three nations into uniformity which can alter the distinctness of their local diversity.==