North American Free Trade Act

What exactly is North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA)? This is an agreement made between America, Canada, and Mexico. This agreement lifted all non-tariff barriers on agricultural trade between Mexico and America and was written to eliminate many more tariffs over the ensuing 5 to 15 years beginning in 1994. Of course our governemnt hyped that this would be the best thing to come about in a long time. How it would make products cheaper for us and easier to obtain.  In my opinion this has not come about it appears to me that it has cost people their jobs and made it harder for Americans to find employment. Too many companies find that it’s cheaper to take their manufacturing plants to Mexico and use Mexican labor that is much cheaper and doesn’t have labor unions that watch out for the workers rights.

I for one can’t see where NAFTA has helped our economy. Grant it I’m not the most informed person on America’s economy but I do keep up with what is going on in my world. I would like to see us go back to where we once were with American’s are making good products and making a good wage.