However, it is unclear whether NAFTA is directly responsible for this decline. The automotive industry is generally considered to be one of the industries most affected by the agreement. But although the U.S. auto market was immediately opened up to Mexican competition, employment in this sector increased for years after the introduction of NAFTA, peaking at nearly 1.3 million in October 2000. At that time, jobs began to slip and the losses became greater with the financial crisis. At its June 2009 low, the U.S. auto industry employed only 623,000 people. While this figure has risen to 948,000 since then, it remains 27% below its pre-NAFTA level. The decisions of the Chapter 19 panels could be appealed to an extraordinary NAFTA Challenge Committee. However, an extraordinary challenge committee was not an ordinary appeal.
[58] Under NAFTA, it only rescinded or detained a decision if the decision contained a material error that jeopardized the integrity of the NAFTA dispute settlement system. Since January 2006, no NAFTA party had successfully challenged the decision of a Chapter 19 body before an extraordinary Challenge committee. NAFTA is a free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada, which entered into force on January 1, 1994. Since the first negotiations, agriculture has been a controversial subject within NAFTA, as has been the case for almost all free trade agreements signed under the WTO. Agriculture was the only party not subject to trilateral negotiations; Instead, three separate agreements were signed between each couple of parties. The Canada-U.S. agreement contained significant restrictions and tariff quotas for agricultural products (mainly sugar, dairy, and poultry products), while the Mexico-U.S. pact allowed for broader liberalization under exit periods (the first North-South free trade agreement for agriculture signed). [Clarification needed] NAFTA has six main advantages. According to a 2017 Congressional Research Service report, the law has more than tripled trade between Canada, Mexico and the United States since its passage. The agreement reduced and eliminated tariffs….
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