Political Science 2211E Chapter Notes - Chapter Rubin: North American Free Trade Agreement, Stumpage, Canadian Dollar
1 Feb 2018
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February 1, 2018 (cid:858)jeff ubin, how has canadian manufacturing fared under nafta? (cid:859) Under the duty free trade provided by the north american free trade agreement (nafta), local vehicle assembly and parts jobs in us and canada have been traded to. Mexico for higher industry profit margins and lower vehicle prices for north american consumers. Trump has served congress with a notice saying that the us intends to renegotiate with. Nafta, mexico and canada: trump wants to redress the exodus of manufacturing jobs and the trade imbalances that have followed. Duri(cid:374)g tru(cid:373)p"s (cid:272)a(cid:373)paig(cid:374), he largel(cid:455) (cid:448)o(cid:449)ed to bring long-lost manufacturing jobs back home: bernie sanders also wanted to renegotiate these terms claiming that these trade agreements have been injurious to the interests of american workers. A recurrent issue and dominant theme in brexit was the impact of global trade on hollowing out the manufacturing sector and associated job losses borne by a rapidly shrinking middle class in those countries.
