North American Free Trade Agreement - Minus Food Proucts

Everything You Need To Know On NAFTA

 With NAFTA being created over 26 years ago the change on tariffs between Canada, Mexico, and the United States has not steered companies from leaving for cheaper labor. The change on free trade or near free trade is still not completely true for Mexico to Canada or Canada to Mexico. While goods produce, made, or created see nearly no tariffs but farm goods do between all three countries. Most agriculture goods to Mexico from Canada and the United States see some type of tariff value. Companies are now leaving for China and other foreign countries for cheaper labor and they fall under a different trade agreement. While our current conditions with unemployment are not solely because of NAFTA but millions of jobs on farms are done by illegal immigrants which can be accredited to NAFTA. Another trade agreement is CAFTA, which South America and Central America are under pressure to sign the agreement for free trade. But nothing is ever free and if it's too good to be true it usually is. Look how NAFTA created a job loss for Americans but was positive for the Mexican population that sneaked across the border. There is no true good example of how the economic is going to be changed in a beneficial way for the North and South America's and Canada if free trade was existent in all areas of trade. There will be a negative change no matter what the government or the document states. Change in labor. financial classes, economic status of the country, and the wealth of the farming industry due to exportation factors.

Doha Round

"The Doha Development Round or Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is the current trade-negotiation round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which commenced in November 2001. Its objective is to lower trade barriers around the world, which allows countries to increase trade globally. As of 2008, talks have stalled over a divide on major issues, such as agriculture, industrial tariffs and non-tariff barriers, services, and trade remedies.^[1] The most significant differences are between developed nations led by the European Union (EU), the United States (USA), and Japan and the major developing countries led and represented mainly by China, Brazil, India, and South Africa. There is also considerable contention against and between the EU and the USA over their maintenance of agricultural subsidies—seen to operate effectively as trade barriers.^[2]"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round



After eight meetings and thousands of attendees and a few hundred issues no agreements are made and the Doha Round ends. The European Union and The United States of America is sought to gain an advantage of benefits from the Doha Round trade talks on helping the undeveloped nations. People felt that the developed nations just pointed fingers blaming other nations for the ending of the trade talks. The overall benefit would have been noted by "A 2008 study by World Bank Lead Economist Kym Anderson^[48] found that global income could increase by more than $3000 billion per year, $2500 billion of which would go to the developing world.^[49] Others had been predicting more modest outcomes, e.g. world net welfare gains ranging from $84 billion to $287 billion by the year 2015.^[1][50] Pascal Lamy has conservatively estimated that the deal with bring an increase of $130 billion. "
With such large numbers due to a change in trade agreements one would think that the Doha Round would have worked out in a different manner. Yet everyone was too worried about someone else getting the upper hand.  The US farm bill was said to be the blame by the European Union. Once again everyone wants the help from the United States but finds ways to blame the United States for a bill that was set to be a benefit rather than a burden.


Trade talks are now continuing with the United States and undeveloped nations on the tariffs on United States goods.

 The meeting in Cancun, Mexico in 2003 ended up being a waste of time more than 10,000 people are said to have attended and nothing more than a waste of time. New issues were to be discussed by the EU and the USA, and older issues still unsettled and answers wanted to be discussed and worked out by the undeveloped world.


http://www.globalissues.org/article/438/wto-meeting-in-cancun-mexico-2003

Why China keeps buying up US debt

 China is once again buying up the United States debt from other countries. With the way the Euro is going the financial world still sees the United States dollar to be the most substantial return for their dollar. Even with the economic crisis the dollar seems to be a better play then the Euro. As stated in the article "for the time being the US dollar is still stated as the worlds reserve currency". China is even buying up the US Treasury Securities. Even with low interest rates countries are buying up United States Securities because it's the safest play for their countries money. If the United States doesn't face their debt burden we could see a crisis similar to Europe's current problems. With the United States interest rate at a low 3 percent countries feel that a small return is better than a loss of money.



 












http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/15/markets/thebuzz/index.htm

Gun Smuggling to the Ivory Coast

Man is charged in recent news for attempting to ship 4,000 9mm Glock handguns, 200,000 bullets, and 50,000 tear gas grenades to the Ivory Coast. There is a presidential election on Oct 31. There is more people involved but are under diplomatic immunity. The man being charged is from San Francisco, California. He is suspected to be involved with Nguessan Yao, an Ivory Coast army colonel, whom is also being charged. The charges are against the Californian due to the embargo sanctions on the Ivory coast for arms trade.


 Current issues for the Ivory Coast are human trafficking, illegal drug trade and ethnic issues. The UN currently has over 9,000 troops in the this West African country. United States sanctions also include any dealing with Ivory Coast citizens within a banking matter.

 


 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hx3NmTXgQ7uRqNBFTMqbFTx_TzdAD9IOU64G0?docId=D9IOU64G0

Swot Analysis

 SWOT analysis was created by Albert Humphrey between the 1960's and 1970's. It was designed to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats within a project or business venture. Can also be used in business planning and if there is a crisis at hand the steps to followed are outlined by SWOT. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis

"Albert Humphrey was born 2 June 1926 and was educated at the University of Illinois where he graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. After this he gained a Master's degree in Chemical engineering at M.I.T. and an MBA at Harvard University.^[1] His work at the Stanford Research Institute produced a team method for planning which created SOFT analysis and this was developed into SWOT analysis." "Wikipedia.org"

Culture is a Source of Conflict Rather Than of Synergy.

" Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster."     Prof. Geert Hofstede, Emeritus Professor, Maastricht University.

I would have to agree with Prof. Geer Hoftstede's quote on conflict. Culture can be the face of the country. Anything from socialism to individualism. It's sad to say people whom have a certain culture have severe hatred of others with different culture backgrounds just because of faith, stories, history, or family matters. Culture has change the European countries since the beginning of time. Some believe in just keeping your matters to yourself an not involving one's country in another countries problems. The United States on the other hand truly believes we have to go to the world's rescue no matter what. If a small island has a weather disaster you don't see England or France running to the rescue but you do see the United States right up front in the matter helping out. This all has to do with the government beliefs and the culture that created the government in the first place. 

Sweat Shops In American

http://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/sweat.htmhttp://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/145

In this article you will find that many sweat shops are still hidden in cities across the United States. Also the companies in the under ground are either employing immigrants whom are illegal or forcing them to work under conditions the United States government would disapprove of. Seeing that we are in an economic disarray the country is missing out on taxes from these under ground companies and illegal immigrant employees. In 1996 the government suggested that over 22,000 sweat shops were scattered across the country. Seeing that in 1996 the economy was better than it is now it's suggestive to say there could be more today. Most of the sweat shops are in the apparel industry but also could be in production else wise. A great percentage of the sweat shops consist of employees sewing or running machines to make clothing. It's sad to say that the government doesn't do more. In the Clinton administration a White House Apparel Industry Partnership was created and "made up of representatives from industry, labor, government, and public-interest groups, to pursue non-regulatory solutions to sweatshop abuses in the United States and abroad." This is beneficial to know since we just watch the video clips on sweat shops in China.

Here is another website to also check out on sweat shops in New York City. http://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/sweat.htm