Quote:I was asking Eric for specifics. What American companies have built factories in Mexico? If so are they still operating there or have they since moved production to China et al.? Which pickup trucks are built in Mexico?


 

I was opposed to NAFTA at the time. I remember some companies moving production to Mexico. Zenith did, but now Zenith is out of business. I remember reading how Lionel trains move production back to the US after quality problems in Mexico. So now I wonder if it actually made any difference in the long run. Mexicans are still flooding into the US for jobs, so the job situation down there can't be very good.

 

Sorry I missed the question but here's what I've seen:

 

according to this report more then 800,000 workers have needed the Trade Adjustment Assitance because they lost jobs directly due to manufacturing going from here to Canada or Mexico http://www.citizen.org/documents/NAFTA-at-20.pdf

 

The year before NAFTA we had a trade surplus with Mexico and a small deficit with Canada (29.6 Billion)  the last number I saw is we're at a 177 billion dollar trade deficit now? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/20-years-...ng-policy/

 

I know the majority of GM parts are built in Mexico now, especially after the auto bailout. NAFTA makes that much easier for them

 

The Farm subsides we get domestically especially on corn put the Mexican farmers out of business which might be why so many of them are migrating here.

 

Immigration like you stated has doubled, there's been very few if any benefits from NAFTA. Most concerning of all to me is the dissolution of national borders, these trade agreements make national borders less and less important and globalization more and more likely.

 

No I'm not a fan of NAFTA or the proposed TPP

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