MAQUILADORAS AND THE NAFTA’S I

Part I of Essay
In this paper I will discuss the history and practices of the Maquiladora industry. I will discuss its background, its problems, the benefits it offers to United States companies, and the impact the NAFTA has and will have on the industry. In addition, I will make a sugge ....

Part II of Essay
.... with the United States. This program was utilized to keep Mexicans from entering the United States. The idea was that Mexican workers would be kept on the Mexican side of the border if they were given factory jobs on the Mexican side. The Maquiladora program also wanted to attract foreign manufacturing facilities, technology, and know-how by giving a permanent tax holiday to manufacturing companies that would set up “twin plants” on the Mexican side of the border. In the beginning of the program, all foreign-owned operations had to be lo ....