NAFTA and Politics

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Overview of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Creation of a common market for the U.S., Canada and Mexico to increase trade and investment among the 3 countries. Gap between understandings of politicians and businesses regarding free trade. Tariff elimination. How politicians can utilize NAFTA issues.

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"Using NAFTA As An Issue Platform

Overview
The primary benefit to a candidate of using NAFTA as a
platform is that it is a series of documents so poorly
thought and executed that it is possible to adopt several
positions at once and not seem to be contradictory. This
White Paper, after giving a brief summary of NAFTA
(essential since a Gallup poll in 1999 showed that less
than 23 percent of the population even knew what the
initials meant, let alone the full impact or implication of
the policies (Dufy and Ryan, 1999) .

Political commentators Kennedy and Koelim (1996)
pointed out that there is a vast gap between the
understanding of politicians and the understanding of
businesses in ..."

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