The effects taken on the city of St. Catharines by General Motors after the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

When the term globalization is used, people often imagine a world that has no boundaries in the areas of communication, trade and mass production. Although this may sound ideal, there are also the negative effects of globalization that a society may be exposed to, which include: the outsourcing of labour, deregulation of the economy and massive cut backs in wages and labour. The effects of globalization have and are still currently taking place in the city of St. Catharine's, Ontario. Globalization took it's toll on the city in January of 1994, when Canada, the United States and Mexico launched the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and through this formed the world's largest free trade area. The NAFTA was established to bring economic growth and a strong foundation for future growth for the member countries. The NAFTA has greatly......

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Title: Globalization
Approximate Word Count: 1568
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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