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All About NAFTA by George Shurepa and Zachariah Zoepel

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All About NAFTA by George Shurepa and Zachariah Zoepel

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Welcome to All About the American Free Trade Agreement Padlet. This Padlet will briefly explain and show the benefits and some of the disadvantages of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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Welcome to All About the American Free Trade Agreement Padlet. This Padlet will briefly explain and show the benefits and some of the disadvantages of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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This website is the official website for NAFTA. The website explains how NAFTA works, the benefits from it, and how a person from any of the three countries could make NAFTA work for their business. The website also has the original agreement on it for anyone to view at any given time.

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North American Free Trade Agreement | NAFTANow.org

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In 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect, creating one of the world's largest free trade zones and laying the foundations for strong economic growth and rising prosperity for Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Since then, NAFTA has demonstrated how free trade increases wealth and competitiveness, delivering real benefits to families, farmers, workers, manufacturers, and consumers.

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Photo #1 Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney sign the original drafted NAFTA agreement in 1992.

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Photo #1 Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney sign the original drafted NAFTA agreement in 1992.

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In this photo above, Mexican President, United States President, and Canadian Prime Minister sign the drafted NAFTA agreement in 1992. This agreement officially became enforced on January 1st, 1994, when Bill Clinton did the final signing.

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Video #1 NAFTA deal reached between Canada, United States, and Mexico.

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Video #1 NAFTA deal reached between Canada, United States, and Mexico.

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In this CBC special dated back to 1992 the NAFTA deal was finally reached. This meant that most quotas and tariffs were eliminated allowing companies to work across borders without paying any extra fees. This was good for many Canadian companies because it allowed them to work more efficiently as well as create products for a cheaper price. The downside of this was that for some industries such as manufacturing and automotive plants ended up moving a good portion of their work down to Mexico, because their wages were significantly less than in Canada or the United States. This is one major point being covered by the new NAFTA negotiation.

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Negotiations are complete for the North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

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Website #2 United States Government Wants To Include Dairy In New NAFTA Negotiations

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Website #2 United States Government Wants To Include Dairy In New NAFTA Negotiations

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In the original NAFTA agreement drafted in 1992, and then officially enforced in January, 1994 the Canadian government made sure that dairy was protected from agreement. Now that the NAFTA agreement is up for negotiation U.S. lawmakers have targeted dairy as an area where NAFTA can be extended. This is bad for Canadian dairy farmers because if free trade is reached in this industry, the U.S. would flood Canada with cheaper dairy products. This would ultimately cost Canadians jobs in this industry.

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WASHINGTON-A senior American lawmaker is pressing for changes that would open up Canada's dairy market - and he wants them in place before his country agrees to any new NAFTA deal.

Senior Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has sent a letter on the issue to U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer.

Schumer says opening up the dairy market north of the border must be a top priority, and he's urging the U.S. team to seize a rare opportunity to lower what he calls Canada's dairy wall.

Schumer isn't the only leading legislator for whom it is a priority; the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, is from the dairy-producing state of Wisconsin and also considers it a key issue.

Under U.S. law, American trade negotiators must consult with Congress, and will eventually need congressional votes to ratify a new deal.

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U.S. lawmaker says new NAFTA deal must open Canada's dairy market | The Star

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WASHINGTON-A senior American lawmaker is pressing for changes that would open up Canada's dairy market - and he wants them in place before his country agrees to any new NAFTA deal. Senior Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has sent a letter on the issue to U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer.

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Photo #2 Prime Minister Trudeau and President Enrique Pena Nieto meet to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement

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Photo #2 Prime Minister Trudeau and President Enrique Pena Nieto meet to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement

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Mexican President Nieto visits Ottawa to discuss the NAFTA renegotiation. The Prime Minister and President discuss their mutual expectations for NAFTA and how they will bargain together.

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Video #2 Justin Trudeau Discusses Steel Tariffs and NAFTA 

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Video #2 Justin Trudeau Discusses Steel Tariffs and NAFTA 

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In this video Prime Minister Trudeau is discussing steel and aluminum tariffs being opposed by the United States government. President Trump had attempted to use these tariffs as a bargaining chip for the NAFTA renegotiation, but ultimately decided to exempt Canada from these tariffs due to the strong trade relationship between the United States and Canada in this market. Prime Minister Trudeau states that the negotiations for NAFTA are still on going, and that steel and aluminum products may be exempt in the new deal.

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Canada's exemption from President Donald Trump's tariffs have nothing to do with talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told CNBC on Monday.

"We don't link together the tariffs and the negotiations for NAFTA, but we're happy to continue to move forward on the negotiations," he said in an interview on " Power Lunch."

He also said the exemptions were not a "magical favor being done." In fact, the impositions of tariffs on Canada would hurt the U.S. almost as much as Canada, he said.

"Millions of jobs on both sides of the border depend on continued smooth flow of trades."

Trump exempted Canada and Mexico from the tariffs he signed last week. The moves slap a 25 percent levy on steel and 10 percent charge on aluminum. However, the exemption is not "open-ended" and will depend upon changes are made to NAFTA that satisfy Trump, an administration official told CNBC last week. The president has often threatened to pull out of the trade pact unless the countries reach a deal that better serves U.S. interests.

Another looming trade issue for Canada and the U.S. is China, which is accused of dumping steel into the U.S. by moving the product through other countries.

Trudeau said he's willing to work with the U.S. on a stronger solution.

"We've put in very strong measures, some of the strongest in the world, against dumping, but as I said to the president and as I said to congressional leadership, I'm happy to work with the United States to go even further," he said.

In an effort to quell concerns over potential tariffs, Trudeau has embarked on a tour of Canada's steel and aluminum manufacturers. Canada is the biggest supplier of those metals to the U.S.

"We know well that with this president there are moments of unpredictability and I think it's important to show that we are there to reassure the workers," Trudeau told public broadcaster Radio Canada earlier Monday.

Other countries may also ultimately be excluded. When Trump signed the tariffs, he invited others to justify their case. On Monday, Trump opened the door to negotiations with the European Union, announcing that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will speak to EU representatives.

On Friday, the president said he was ready to work out an exception for Australia. Other nations, like Japan, South Korea and Brazil have also called for similar treatment.
-CNBC's Jeff Cox and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Canada's PM Trudeau: Our Trump tariff exemption has nothing to do with NAFTA talks

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Canada's exemption from President Donald Trump's tariffs have nothing to do with talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told CNBC on Monday. "We don't link together the tariffs and the negotiations for NAFTA, but we're happy to continue to move forward on the negotiations," he said in an interview on " Power Lunch."

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Website #3 Prime Minister Trudeau meets with Vice-President Mike Pence, Possible Deal Within 7 Weeks

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Website #3 Prime Minister Trudeau meets with Vice-President Mike Pence, Possible Deal Within 7 Weeks

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In this article written by CBC, Prime Minister Trudeau meets with Vice-President Mike Pence in Peru to discuss the future of the NAFTA, and possible progress negotiations within the next several weeks.

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U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said on Saturday he was leaving a summit of Latin American countries in Peru very hopeful that the United States, Mexico and Canada were close to a deal on a renegotiated NAFTA trade pact.

Pence told reporters it was possible that a deal would be reached in the next several weeks.

"As the president said very recently, we think we are close, we are encouraged at the progress of our negotiations and we are hopeful that we can conclude a successful renegotiation of NAFTA that will result in greater prosperity and a more fair and reciprocal trade between Canada the United States and Mexico," Pence told reporters in a separate news conference with Justin Trudeau on Saturday.

The vice-president also said that the topic of funding for U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed wall on the U.S. border with Mexico did not come up in Pence's meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

Dramatic shifts in the tone of trade talks have developed recently, with the Trump administration softening one key demand in the NAFTA negotiations, then expressing an interest in re-joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

After spending months demanding a big increase in the amount of content cars must include from North America to avoid a tariff, in addition to insisting that half of every car comprise U.S. parts, it has now softened both proposals.

Trump has repeatedly rejected the notion of a specific timeline on NAFTA, though the impending Mexican election in the summer has left negotiators from all three camps feeling pressure to come to a timely agreement.

"We're getting pretty close to a deal [on NAFTA]," Trump said at the White House. "It could be two weeks, it could be three months, it could be five months, I don't care ... I have no timeline."

No consensus on deal timeline

An eighth round of negotiations were tentatively being planned for the beginning of April, but a last-minute meeting was had in Washington D.C. instead between Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her U.S. and Mexican counterparts.

After that meeting, Freeland said the NAFTA negotiations recently entered "a new, more intensive phase of engagement" - but would not say how close Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are right now to signing a deal.

At the beginning of the month, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations between the three countries told CBC News a few more weeks of talks may be all that is needed to secure a deal in principle.

Mexico's economy minister also said he saw an 80 per cent chance of a new NAFTA deal by the first week of May.

However, other stakeholders still see gaps in the negotiations that must be filled before anything is signed.

"They're not close to a deal at all," Canadian union leader Jerry Dias said in Washington Wednesday, adding there are too many disputed chapters left to resolve and it was premature to think a deal is on the horizon.

Talks between negotiators continued this week in Washington.

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'We think we are close': Pence says NAFTA deal looks likely | CBC News

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U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said on Saturday he was leaving a summit of Latin American countries in Peru very hopeful that the United States, Mexico and Canada were close to a deal on a renegotiated NAFTA trade pact. Pence told reporters it was possible that a deal would be reached in the next several weeks.

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Video #3 Political Figures Step In To Speed Up NAFTA Deal

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Video #3 Political Figures Step In To Speed Up NAFTA Deal

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In Washington on April 6th, 2018 the Foreign Affairs Minister is pushing for a faster NAFTA deal. This is speculated due to the United States having mid-term elections during the fall season which implies that a NAFTA agreement may be reached prior to that for a personal election gain.

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Political pressure ramps up to achieve NAFTA deal | Watch News Videos Online

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Watch Political pressure ramps up to achieve NAFTA deal Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Photo #3 Three Current Country Leaders, Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, and Enrique Pena Nieto

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Photo #3 Three Current Country Leaders, Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, and Enrique Pena Nieto

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This photo shows the current three leaders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. As of April 4th, 2018 the NAFTA negotiations continue. All three parties hope to come to an agreement soon, but have different opinions of what should and shouldn't be in the agreement. This new NAFTA agreement is very important to Canada's economy due to loss of jobs if certain products are included in the agreement.

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1. The most surprising thing I learned about my topic is that NAFTA can have a huge impact on some industries to a point where some things such as lumber, and dairy end up being exempt from NAFTA because it could cause huge impacts on our economy.

2. This topic is relevant to me a lot of people like myself who grew up in the Durham Region. When NAFTA began there was a big effect on the GM plant and the economy on the area as whole. Even now, people working at GM are worried that their jobs are going to be moved down to Mexico because of the cheaper wages. Currently NAFTA doesn't put any tariffs on vehicles coming from Mexico so it makes more sense for them to move manufacturing jobs south of the border.

3. The most interesting parts of the research are in to the renegotiation. The current United States government is playing hard ball with us by trying to tariff Canadian lumber, steel and dairy products. If the United States gets their way in the trade agreements this could cause major problems in the Canadian economy. We as Canadians all know how much... money matters.