North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA)
In 1992, the United States, Canada and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This trade pact would gradually eliminate most tariffs and other trade barriers on products and services passing between the countries, establishing free trade among them. Speculate both positive and negative effects that NAFTA may have had on you
Read "In Corn's Cradle, U.S. Imports Bury Family Farms," focusing on the following questions:
In what ways is corn a central item in Mexico's culture, history and economy? Corn has been the staple of Mexican heritage for almost 5000 years. Corn is a central item in Mexico's history for many generations of farming and harvesting corn for a profit. Most meals in Mexico are made from some type of corn. It is the main meal of poor Mexicans.
The third paragraph states that "the modern world is closing in on the little patch of maize, known as the milpa, that has sustained......
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