Research Paper on:
U.S., Mexico, and Maquiladora Systems

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the win-win situation was not without its opposition and still, today, it has to continuously justify its existence globally. It can be stated, though, that without the ground breaking work  on the Mexican front in this emerging type of industry, many around the world would not have had the success that they have enjoyed. What is the Maquiladora program? Basically,  this is a system that allows a foreign government to set up an industry or factory on Mexican soil, and to import such office machinery as is needed to keep  the operation running smoothly. The only obligation, however, is that the machinery must leave Mexican soil when and if the company leaves the country. A maquila program entitles the company,  first, to foreign investment participation in the capital -- and in management -- of up to 100% without need of any special authorization; second, it entitles the company to special  customs treatment, allowing duty free temporary import of machinery, equipment, parts and materials, and administrative equipment such as computers, and communications devices, subject only to posting a bond guaranteeing that  such goods will not remain in Mexico permanently(Baz, 2002). What contributed to this eventual win-win situation began in 1965 involving both private and governmental investments toward a study conducted  by a group called, Arthur D. Little Foundation in Ciudad Juarez(Mexico, 2002). The original study was to see how the continuing unemployment rate in Mexico might be slowed, especially in  the Northern areas which closely bounded the United States. Initially called "The Border Industrialization Program", the researchers eventually settled on a shorter and easier name: maquiladora(Mexico, 2002). The word,  itself, maquiladora, means mill, or factory. This was also based on the age old tradition of taking ones wheat to the local mill to have it ground, then the farmer