The impact of the NAFTA treaty on wage competition, immigration, labor standards and cross-border co-operation

Alfredo Hualde and Miguel Angel Ramírez
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Alfredo Hualde: Teacher-researcher at the Department of Social Studies at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.
Miguel Angel Ramírez: Research Coordinator at the Noroeste Centre for Higher University Studies (CESUN), Tijuana, Mexico.

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2001, vol. 7, issue 3, 494-514

Abstract: The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993 led to the formation of a social and economic area characterized by marked asymmetry between its members: the USA, Mexico and Canada. Seven years later the results in terms of salaries, employment and labor standards are not very positive, although they have not produced the catastrophic results foreseen by some. In Mexico several hundred thousand jobs were created, especially in the maquiladora export industry, but this has been associated with falling living standards and rising poverty. Migration from Mexico to the USA has increased. Poor labor standards and illegal employment have led to collaboration between NGOs and trade unions on both sides of the frontier.

Date: 2001
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