The Role Of NAFTA In Canadian Identity

As Henry A. Kissinger said: “A society’s national strategy defines the goals it seeks to achieve and the contingencies it attempts to prevent. It unites people’s core interests, values, and apprehensions. This effort is not an academic undertaking nor an element in a particular political platform”. Economy placer a major role in Canadian identity and the way Canada is seen worldwide. Since Canada is a rich country due to its foreign relations regarding the economy, trade agreements, businesses and corporate investments, we as citizens greatly benefit from international products by foreign manufacturers coming in such as Mercedes - Benz cars, Apple computers Klipsch audio systems and many others, and all because these manufacturers trust Canada

Greatly can a country’s future economic development in part and development as a whole be affected by the country’s current economic position and its previous economic position. NAFTA, a major trade agreement between Canada, USA and Mexico; which helps all nations, also impacts Canadian identity in a positive was as people around the world see that Canada is a country will to trade and to furet progress its economy. NAFTA is not the only international free trade agreement that Canada is involved in; Canada is in a free trade agreement with the E.U, Canada has many other trade agreements with other countries. Trade agreements are very important to all nations and the reason being is that those agreements create more jobs for people, trade amount is increased because trade tariffs go down and because it generally becomes easier to trade; NAFTA is a great example of this scenario. If Trump's plan falls through (cancelling NAFTA), 91,000 Canadian jobs will be lost due to the cancellation of the agreement, this is to show how many people are employed strictly because of trade agreements and how important trade agreements are to countries; those trade agreements are a major factor in a country's economy. NAFTA- North American free trade agreement, allowed tariff free trade between Canada, USA AND Mexico. NAFTA has affected prices in Canada in a positive way, due to the lower tariffs goods from the US and Mexico can be sold in Canada for cheaper. NAFTA had created jobs for many Canadians in the automotive industry and it has allowed for better trade between the three nations. NAFTA is the reason why Canada and Mexico receive the most oil from the