A PowerPoint presentation I created, accompanied by slide explanation/elaboration, to briefly explain the economic effects of NAFTA.

1. International Trade North American Free Trade Agreement By Jason C. Prime

2. NAFTA Goals & Achievements On January 1, 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico entered into force. NAFTA created the world's largest free trade area, which now links 444 million people producing $17 trillion worth of goods and services. Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative, 2010.

4. NAFTA Goals & Achievements From 1992-2007, the value of US agricultural exports worldwide climbed 65% while US exports to NAFTA partners grew by 156%. In the years immediately prior to NAFTA, US agricultural products lost market share in Mexico as competition within the Mexican market increased. NAFTA reversed this trend as the United States began to supply more than 72% of Mexico's total agricultural imports in 2007, due in part to the price advantage and preferential access that US products now enjoy.

6. Consumer electronics

7. Oil and oil products

8. Aircrafts, ships and other industrial equipment

9. Silver, granite and marble

10. Computers and servers

11. Agricultural products (fruits, meats, processed foods, vegetables, coffee)

13. Agricultural machinery

14. Electrical equipment

15. Repair parts for motor vehicles and aircraft partsManufacturing (Capital Goods) i.e. Auto industries (Ford, GM), agricultural industries Kellogg's moved its plants to Canada and Mexico, thus encouraging Foreign Direct Investment

16. NAFTA Effects on Wages

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21. Changes in productivity and related data, business and nonfarm business sectors, 1959-2007 (percent change from preceding period) Output Real Compensation per Hour

23. Mexican Statistics for High School Enrollment by Sex

24. Mexican Statistics for University Enrollment by Sex

25. Government Expenditure allocated to Education, Mexico Source: UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

26. Is this in step with the theories of the Heckscher-Ohlin Model?

27. The Heckscher-Ohlin Model The Heckscher-Ohlin Model is a model within the study of international trade which states that a capital-abundant country will export their capital-intensive good and a labor-abundant country will export their labor-intensive good.

28. Assumptions of The Heckscher-Ohlin Model Assumption 1: Both low-skilled labor and high-skilled labor can move freely between the industries. NAFTA eliminated trade barriers in goods sectors and nearly all service sectors. Assumption 2: Production of goods is labor-intensive, production of services is capital-intensive.

29. Assumptions of The Heckscher-Ohlin Model (continued) Assumption 3: The amounts of low-skilled and high-skilled workers found in the two countries are different, with Mexico abundant in low-skilled workers and the United States abundant in high-skilled workers. 117,565/120,661 as of December 1993 US numbers promotes high-skilled, capital service production Mexico numbers promotes low-skilled agricultural production Assumption 4: There is free international trade in output.

30. Assumptions of The Heckscher-Ohlin Model (continued) (Assumption 5: The technologies for producing goods and services are the same across countries.) Assumption 6: Consumer tastes are the same across countries, and preferences for goods and services do not vary with a country’s level of income.

31. Heckscher-Ohlin Model Analysis US and Mexico US Agricultural exports to Mexico have greatly increased; Mexico is the highest importer Of such goods Mexican industries that export/regions with higher concentration of foreign investment and trade have higher wages.

32. US Economic Growth during the years of NAFTA has been STRONG

33. Graph: United States Exports & Imports of Agricultural Commodities, 1950-2006

36. Mexico is the top export destination for beef, rice, soybean meal, corn sweeteners, apples and beans. It is the second largest for corn, soybeans and oils. As a result of NAFTA, the percent of U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico has grown from 22% in 1993 to 30% in 2007.

38. Value of Mexican Exports to US

39. Exports e Imports de México, 1993-2003 (miles de millones de dólares -mmd) 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Exportaciones 51.9 60.9 79.5 96.0 110.4 117.5 136.4 166.5 158.4 160.8 164.9 Importaciones 65.4 79.3 72.4 89.4 109.8 125.2 142.0 174.5 168.3 168.7 170.6 Comercio total 117.3 140.2 151.9 185.4 220.0 242.7 278.4 340.9 326.8 329.4 335.4 Source: Secretaría de Economía, con datos de Banxico

40. “Our forecast and our idea is to sell a long-term project where we can move upwards from a trade agreement…more than just facilitating the transit of merchandises, products, services, and capital. It has to imply the free flow of citizens, and it has to imply long-term monetary policies. We have to get beyond the short-term. It [NAFTA] doesn't resolve the problems of migration, of income, and of improving income in Mexico's case.” - former Mexican President Vicente Fox Business Week, 2000

41. Mexico's export growth to NAFTA partners, as of 2005 Var. 05/93Part. (%) Total Agri-Food 209.1% 100.0% Agricultural 133.2% 52.7% Agroindustrial 519.1% 42.6% Fishing 63.7% 4.7% Source: Ministry of Economy with data from Banxico, USDOC and Statistics Canada

42. US Effects Greatest opposition to NAFTA (and free trade in general) comes from the belief that foreign competition hurts U.S. employment., however: Employment within the US rose 22% (25 million jobs) from December 1993 – December 2006 Average US unemployment decreased post-NAFTA 1981-1993 7.1% unemployment 1994-2006 5.1% unemployment

43. US Effects (continued) Moreover, increased openness to trade has been accompanied by a more rapid rise in wages, especially in the area of United States manufacturing. Average real compensation increased post-NAFTA 1980-1993 0.9% annual growth 1993-2006 1.6% annual growth Implicit gains in the area of income gains, due to higher national productivity, up to $930 annually for family of 4

44. Mexico Effects Mexican employment levels have been more volatile since the implementation of NAFTA. But, as of 2005, the Mexican affiliates of U.S. companies employed nearly 840,000 people who contributed 3.3 percent to Mexico’s GDP. (Foreign Direct Investment US->Mexico)

45. Mexico Effects (continued) Mexican wages grew steadily after the 1994 peso crisis, reached pre-crisis levels in 1997, then increased each year since then. Mexican industries that export/regions with higher concentration of foreign investment and trade have higher wages. Mexico’s Secretariat of Economy says: exported-related industries wages are 37% higher than those that don’t export.

46. MANUFACTURING & TRADE Manufacturing within the US rose post-NAFTA 1980-1993 37% increase 1993-2006** 63% increase Trade among NAFTA nations has risen 198% (an increase of $586 billion) Source: NAFTA Policy Brief, October 2007

47. Conclusions Over that period (1993-2007), GDP grew 50 percent in the United States and 46 percent in Mexico. United States: 38% economic growth Canada: 30.9% economic growth Mexico: 30% economic growth