The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Mexican Nursing

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Mexican nursing.

In the context of nurse migration, experts view trade agreements as either vehicles for facilitating migration or as contributing to brain-drain phenomena. Using a case study design, this study explored the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the development of Mexican nursing. Drawing results from a general thematic analysis of 48 interviews with Mexican nurses and 41...

The North American Free Trade Agreement.

Has NAFTA Changed North American Trade?

Typi cally, the debate over NAFTA has focused on jobs. However, to really understand NAFTA's effects on employment or living standards, it is important to first answer the more fundamental question of what effect it has had on trade. The North American Free Trade Agreement has been one of the most hotly debated trade accords in recent history. NAFTA's critics regard the expansion of free trade ...

Trade Creation and Trade Diversion in the North American Free Trade Agreement: The Case of the Agricultural Sector

This paper examines the effect of the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The results suggest that U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico have been responsive to tariff rate reductions applied to Mexican products. A one percentage point decrease in tariff rates is associated with an increase in U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico by 5.31% in the f...

Commerce in health services in North America within the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

This article discusses the future of commercial trade in personal health services in North America within the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the latter's potential influence on health care for the Mexican people. It begins by defining concepts related to international trade of services, particularly health services, and then proceeds to analyze elements of NAFTA ...