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What does NAFTA apply to? Why am I being taxed when buying from the USA?

Question: What does NAFTA apply to? Why am I being taxed when buying from the USA?
Hello,

I am curious what NAFTA applies to. When I buy something, let’s say shoes, from the USA and ship them into Canada, I get charged huge amounts of taxes. Does NAFTA not apply to shoes? From the very vague and generalized summaries of what NAFTA is online, it says that it removes trade barriers and import taxes for goods / services traded between the countries. If so, how come I am being charged when I buy from the USA and ship into Canada?

The shipment origin was from the United States (it was in a warehouse within the United States, and bought from a US based company). However, the product was made in Italy, so is that why? Does the product have to be “made in the USA” for me to not be hit by Canadian import taxes?

Answer:

Answer by HeroHua
Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began on January 1, 1994. This agreement will remove most barriers to trade and investment among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Under the NAFTA, all non-tariff barriers to agricultural trade between the United States and Mexico were eliminated. In addition, many tariffs were eliminated immediately, with others being phased out over periods of 5 to 15 years. This allowed for an orderly adjustment to free trade with Mexico, with full implementation beginning January 1, 2008.

The agricultural provisions of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, in effect since 1989, were incorporated into the NAFTA. Under these provisions, all tariffs affecting agricultural trade between the United States and Canada, with a few exceptions for items covered by tariff-rate quotas, were removed by January 1, 1998.

Mexico and Canada reached a separate bilateral NAFTA agreement on market access for agricultural products. The Mexican-Canadian agreement eliminated most tariffs either immediately or over 5, 10, or 15 years. Tariffs between the two countries affecting trade in dairy, poultry, eggs, and sugar are maintained.

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Why don’t Americans consider buying an American made car ?

Question: Why don’t Americans consider buying an American made car ?
I know we’ve been burned in the past with quality issues from American auto manufacturers. However, if you study the quality numbers, American cars are right there with the foreign manufacturers. Why won’t most Americans consider buying an American made car and supporting “made in the USA”. Thousands of jobs are related to auto industry, if they go, so does the national economy.

Answer:

Answer by StingRay
People want to drive cars that can take corners.

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Buying a made in the USA shirt?


by sygyzy

Question: Buying a made in the USA shirt?
companies constantly use the “to keep prices down, and to remain competitive” excuse for the outsourcing of American jobs. I just returned from the mall, and found that I could not purchase a single “made in the USA” shirt. however, there were plenty of shirts made in southeast asia. most of these shirts were approximately $ 50, I would imagine that someone in southeast asia is making about 10 cents an hour, and can probablly produce 10 shirts an hour. with labor materials added to the equation, the shirt probablly costs about a dollar. yet it is sold for $ 50. Does anyone see the irony here?

Answer:

Answer by Jo Blo
if you opened a factory here in U.S. to make shirts, the employees would want a union, then they would want higher wages and health insurance and retirement and vacation days, sick pay, holidays paid, etc etc. You’d have to pay un-employment tax, half of their social security tax and so on and so on till you would have to charge $ 100. to make the same shirt,, and it would be lower quality cuz your American workers wouldn’t have any pride in what they do and wouldn’t appreciate the job.
Shirts will continue to be made offshore,,

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Is it a true valid economic argument that buying products “made in the USA” helps the U.S. economy?

Question: Is it a true valid economic argument that buying products “made in the USA” helps the U.S. economy?
Apparently everyone is against protectionism and says that it’s counter-productive and protectionist policies don’t work.

But what about buying products made in the USA instead of shopping at Wal-Mart? If everyone did this (or at least a lot more people did) wouldn’t it benefit the US economy and help bring manufacturing jobs back and lower the 10 and 15% unemployment rates we’re seeing? Wouldn’t creating a market for US made products be beneficial to our country?

Just a thought. I know it seems like common sense, but economically, academically and practically speaking what is the economic argument for or against this?

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Answer by Tsunami
yes it does help the U.S. but there are not many items out there and i had alot of people checking meryvns out for that reason in the 80′s but there aren’t enough people doing that they don’t seem to care.

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Do you prefer buying stuff that shows a label that says “proudly made in the USA” over other?

Question: Do you prefer buying stuff that shows a label that says “proudly made in the USA” over other?
with the same price and characteristics?

Answer:

Answer by classic_tigger
yeah if it’s REALLY made in the USA. I’d rather support my own country.

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Can I give a Christmas gift to Americans (in the form of jobs), by buying products “Made in the USA” this year?

Question: Can I give a Christmas gift to Americans (in the form of jobs), by buying products “Made in the USA” this year?

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Answer by John C
good luck finding them, especially clothing and toys.

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