Research Paper on:
NAFTA's Political Conditions

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Research Compiled for Enterprises Inc. 11/2001 to Use This Paper Properly, INTRODUCTION This  research paper gives details concerning the type of government and political stability under NAFTA for Mexican companies doing business in the United States. Changes in laws and regulations under  NAFTA for Mexico, the investment climate and regulations and opportunities as well. ABOUT NAFTA The origination of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was to establish a foundation  that would create jobs in Mexico, Canada and the United States, raise living standards, "reduce pressure for illegal immigration and improve the natural environment" (Weisbrot, 1997, p. 17A). One  of the primary purposes behind implementing NAFTA was so that three hundred sixty million consumers who live in Canada, Mexico and the United States would have a "powerful economic bloc"  (Anonymous, 1994, p. PG). The benefit of this is easy to ascertain when one considers the fact that the three countries combined produce a Gross National Product of six  point three trillion American dollars. The very intent of NAFTA was to create a boon within the work force that would establish significant numbers of jobs and other opportunities  industry wide. Under NAFTA, North American resources, such as land, labor, capital and technology, would be utilized more effectively, as well as become a catalyst for "heightening competitive market  forces" (Anonymous, 1994, p. PG). NAFTA was created as a means by which North American trade and investment could be energized past the levels they were at during that time.  Looking back upon 1991, U.S./Canada trade and investment levels reached one hundred forty-three billion, while U.S./Mexico was sixty-four billion.; Mexico and Canada together reflected just three billion. The