Which of the following has not been an effect of NAFTA on the USA?
1. companies in the U.S. can concentrate on raising productivity because of the savings from their lower cost production activities in Mexico
2. union activity has been discouraged at some U.S. plants
3. large net job losses in the U.S
. 4. U.S. exports to Mexico fall by smaller amounts when Mexico has a crisis
5. larger economies of scale in production for U.S. multinational companies
Union activity has been discouraged at some US plants is not an Impact of Nafta deal.
This is because wages have not risen since 1997 amd hence Union activity has not been Suppressed
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