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Use the following terms to explain how Mexico’s economy has benefitted from NAFTA: import tariffs, Wranglers, beer, Michoacan
NAFTA has been the free trade
agreement between USA, Canada and Mexico. It has helped Mexico
economy to revive and get many benefits. NAFTA, the trade became
free of import tariff and it helped Mexican producers to export
their cheap agricultural products to the countries of USA and
Canada. For example, Michoacan has been the state as largest
producer of Avocado. So, Avocado, along-with the tomatoes has been
exported in huge quantities to these countries. Further, many MNC
firms came to Mexico and started production. These producers also
imported the necessary ingredients from the USA and produced
Mexican Beer and exported to these nations as well as to the rest
of the world. In another example, producers of Wranglers jeans,
established in their production house in Mexico in 2001. From
Mexico, these products were exported to other neighboring
countries. Job creation also took place. It made the economy of
Mexico to revive and grow. All these benefits took place due to
NAFTA.