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<blockquote data-quote="PHenry42" data-source="post: 58242700" data-attributes="member: 277294"><p>Which implies that the solution is not the repudiation of NAFTA, but the abolition of corn subsidies here in the US. Why not, spending cuts seem to be fashionable right now.</p><p></p><p>What exactly do you mean by NAFTA "lowering wages in Mexico to make it more competitive"? It's a free trade agreement, it doesn't stipulate what the wage level should be. That's determine by the labour market. I can imagine wages having gone down in Mexico due to ex corn farmers having become unemployed, but that's again a consequence of the corn subsidies, not NAFTA.</p><p></p><p>Establishment of maquiladoras doesn't drive down wages, it increases them by increasing the demand for labour. If they'd offer wages lower than the general wage level, nobody would work there.</p><p></p><p>Free trade isn't evil, subsidising first world producers that compete with third world ones is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PHenry42, post: 58242700, member: 277294"] Which implies that the solution is not the repudiation of NAFTA, but the abolition of corn subsidies here in the US. Why not, spending cuts seem to be fashionable right now. What exactly do you mean by NAFTA "lowering wages in Mexico to make it more competitive"? It's a free trade agreement, it doesn't stipulate what the wage level should be. That's determine by the labour market. I can imagine wages having gone down in Mexico due to ex corn farmers having become unemployed, but that's again a consequence of the corn subsidies, not NAFTA. Establishment of maquiladoras doesn't drive down wages, it increases them by increasing the demand for labour. If they'd offer wages lower than the general wage level, nobody would work there. Free trade isn't evil, subsidising first world producers that compete with third world ones is. [/QUOTE]
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