The Mexican Border: Immigration, War and a Trillion Dollars in Trade
- ISBN-10
- 1888205725
- ISBN-13
- 9781888205725
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-04-15
- Author
- Raul Lowery Contreras
Description
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Global companies open in Mexico. The flow North of young Mexican men slows dramatically...$1.4 billion dollars' worth of goods and services cross the border every day, thousands of trucks cross the border daily...a million people cross the border legally each day in both directions.
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