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![Lessons from NAFTA for the Trans-Pacifc Partnership (TPP) Two Decades of High Costs for Mexico's Agriculture Economy, Families, and Environment While the North American Free Trade Agreement has had severe impacts offers particularly disturbing lessons for the developing countries involved experience under this 1994 trade Im NAFTA promised that the agricultural sector in Maxico would grow so much that illegal migration of rural peoples into the United States would t of the total active population has fallen from 19% to 13% and over 6 million rural have had little choice but to migrate without documents into the When proposed, NAFTA promised to make Mexico an export-oriented producer of agricultural products. In reality, Mexico has become a food compared to 13% in 1993 (the year before NAFTA was i NAFTA hos done nothing to alleviate gender disparities in a Women landowners, regardless of the size of the plot of hours on average per week than men (35 versus 35 hours), while earning work longer 9 pesos p/hr versus 7.8) Almost 2 million Mexican agricu mi Increas sed Poverty and Inequality Cooperation and Development (OECD) half of the According to official statistics, around 50,000 NAFTA has helped the ultra-rich n says that they do not have e died of malnutrition between 2006 and increase their wealth while ginalizing the working poor rate has s combined fortune of 144 billion USD. Carlos Slim's $77 billion fortune makes him the 2nd the ranks of the poor.(5) Impacts on Women and Families NAFTA boosted industrial development along the US-Mexico border to take advantage of lower tariffs on Mexican exports into the U.S. market. There are over 3,000 maquiladoras, employing around 1.3 million Meocons, 60% of which are women.(8} While many women are drawn to these jobs because of the lack of livelihoods in rural areas they often quickly decide to take the risk of seekinig work in the United States because of r wages and Child Lab Maquiladora Wages Domestic Work in Domestic Worker Mexico Wages Mexican women in More than 1.2 million 29% of all domestic s earn women in Mexico labor workers earn only children working in Mexico and NAFTA labor protections have 1/6 of the U.S. hourly rate and turnover is high, The women as domestic workers. about USS3 per day. This is the single largest Some 48% receive occupation of female between $3-6 and workers in the Mexican 51% report that they in the Immigrant women from Mexico and other Latin American countries now comprise the majority of domestic workers in the United States. Domestic service is one of the few occupations available to undocumented women, making this to on the Environment Millions of rural farmers have lost their livelihoods under NAFTA due to competition with large agribusiness companies, 25% of peasant plots have been abandoned over the past 20 years resulting in chemical erosion with a loss of soil fertility affecting 32.4 By loosening investment barriers, NAFTA has sodium cyanide (51,000 tons in just the last 5 silver. This has led to the million cubic meters of woater in communities where access to potable water is already of tons of toxic subslances have been dumped 44,000 tons of emissions of toxic substances dumped released in the last decade. Institute for As Washington's first progressive multi-issue think tank, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS] has served as a policy and research resource for vi social justice movements for over four decades - from the anti-war and ci rights movements in the 1960s to the peace and global justice movements of the last decode. Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Global Economy Project Associate Fellow, Institute for Pollicy Studies and Max Gibbons, Interconnections Project/Advocacy Intern, Institute for Policy Studies Special thanks to Tiffany Williams and Sarah Anderson for all of their help and support ond to our colleagues at the ANEC {www.anec.org) and RMALC (www.rmalc.orgǐn US Deportment of Commerce (201 Breo of Ce Inatituto Macianal de Estadithin y Geepratia (2013).Sisterna de Cuertas Maciancles de Nesico. INEC: Consuhed on Sephember 25th ifras paro m 3Salos, Cerles 2006. "Betveen Unempleymast ond Insacurity is Neo-NAFTA Enters is Seceed Decoda e Narcy Koptur,"TLCAN:Un mar de promesas incanplidas.Itpwww.jarroda unan ma/2013/12/2on-lon H Official Data from CENEVAL Independent mecsurenent of poverty levels in Nexito hove more dranatic figares, Retrieved fro htp://ww.mekong/MITO5%20DEL%20TLCAN.pdf Ca loulohed by Nenuel Penz-Recha from INEGU/Consaha de Mortal dod Information rstriaved from http://www jomade.sronn/2014/03/19/aceomia/25ale Citizen's Trode Campaigs.20O1. The NAFTA Medel: a Rew Deal fer Wones in the Develeping World."Accessible et uplood 20 刃Mendoto, Christma 20 'Crossing Borders Women, Migrotion ond DometcBorkers of the Tens-Weai o Divide-Attest!e gt hitp:/deepblue lh umitheduaitstreanhandle 2027 42/62320/mendorox 1 pdfisequenoe 101 Briones, Jochan. 1993. 1999. 9 UCLA Women's L」335 "Parng the Pricefor NAFTA: NAFTA's E fett on Women cnd Children Farbes Martin, Suas.2003 Usined Noriaes Divisise for the Adeasconeet of Weree (DAW). "Wonen and Nigroriae. Bricees, Joshus. 1998-1999.9 XLA Wonen's LJ. 301. "Paying the Price for NAFTA NAFTA's EHecd on Warnes ard Children nan tab-archresult&terms-Briases, Joshsoyp Meedoro. Christina 2009-Crossing Barders Women Migrofien asd Domenic囂erken on theTexar-Meaico Divide deepblue la 2027 42/6252M/merdoro 1pdfsequence 10200170#010200170 16) Kerplow, Solomon, ilemor Colderon, Péaz-Rodha, and Trew. 2014.Inatitute for Palicy Studies, Slarre Club, Coundil af Conacians ealon Actioas Natwark on Fraa Trade."NAFTA 20 Yeers of Cats to Communna and the Environnast lbid](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/997/061/d49.png "Lessons from NAFTA for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Infograph")
