How would the US benefit if we have a European Union Style agreement with Mexico and Canada?
970834
Not too much benefit but the American people will be\nhealthier because then they will have to get off their fat\nas.....s and work harder or as we say, pull your socks \nup and pull your finger out.
1181285
The more the merrier . Let's invite Mexico too. That would solve a lot of our problems with them , and bring in some cash also .
627502
The Zimmerman Note. This would initially allow Mexico to invade the U.S., and if and when the Central Powers won the entire war, Mexico, in return, would receive their lost territories that were under U.S. control. (Texas, California, Arizona, and Nevada).\n\nHowever, U.S. Intelligence intercepted this Zimmerman Note and published this announcement through U.S. newspapers. This more than enraged Americans to go to war with Germany for proposing such a deal to Mexico.
815726
I'm sure anyone from the USA would say they'd get along great.  But 85% of our goods and services are sent to the US.  So, I'm sure without our things, the US could potentially buy from someone else, but there's also the possibility of it being more expensive than they could get from us here in Canada.
118023
The only way this will work is the strong nations must suffer and their economy fall, while the weaker nations thrive and reach a happy medium with the other nations.\nFor example NAFTA with mexico, the only way that will work is for the u.s.to fall econmically and  mexico to rise until we meet at some point, we've already lost over a million manufacturing jobs to mexico,since NAFTA in 1992, and have you seen the prices fall on any of these manufactured items, NO, because the manufactures are making a killing on all the profits. For example if you made floor lamps here and your cost was $10 , i could move to mexico and make the same for $2, when i got ready to sell it for $8 , i could put you out of business, so all the manufacturing jobs are headed south, with no hope of getting them back. Good luck with your globalization and you flipping burgers for a living, because that's going to be the only thing left here.
400061
This is an agreement commonly referred to as CAFTA. It is basically an agreement between the U.S. and the countries of Central America where we can do trade back and forth without any sort of tariffs or other penalties. This is about like the North American Free Trade Agreement that we signed with Canada and Mexico. And the same way that NAFTA cost a lot of Americans their jobs, CAFTA will cost even more Americans their jobs because we cannot manufacture things as cheap as they can because they have no labor laws and a very low standard of living.
623941
We have to secure both of our borders and do a better job with human intelligence in both Canada and Mexico. It isn't enough to improve our control of access -- some will invariably get through. We also have to know who is trying and for what purpose. For that, we need more effective human intelligence.
1157313
Yes, and do you remember when the economists and professors  and sundry politicians told us that the WTO would be good for America, then years later admit ed that by good for America they didn't mean for the workers or small business owners or the poor or middle class or the economy but rather that it would be good because it would "streamline" trade negotiations? Kind of a big difference right? \nOh and remember NAFTA was negotiated by Clinton, such a nice gift on top of his tax increases that helped to make relocating to Mexico more attractive.
620328
Although it is possible - I don't believe it will happen in the near future.\n\nUS and Canada have good economical and political relationships, and both are members of G8 (8 major economies) and they formed NAFTA (along with Mexico).  But I don't think people will want to make another union - at least Quebec will be against.  and anyway - when a country is TOO big, the governance is getting even more difficult, the inner tensions are getting even bigger...  So I don't believe that in 80-100 years that can happen...
859567
Free Trade is driving integration of Mexico and USA faster than any other treaty. The reality is Mexican economy collapse we get a surge of migrants from Mexico and it will cost more in tax payers money in the long term to protect the border. Good idea be to work with Mexico to improve their standard of living so they would not need to migration north, and America to realize that a growing Mexican at a 5% clip a year would add 1.5% more economic growth to the Untied States and start to reverse the migration process, and opening the borders long term would be benefit for all involved do you really wanna get a passport, and paper just to drive to Mexico for a visit. We need to speed integration with Mexico at the same time put of tariffs on China to reduce pressure on the low-skilled workers in both countries at will never compete with sub-par low wages. China is cheating the currency markets that is driving wages down in Mexico and the United States. We cant solve the Mexican immigration problem with unilateral solutions it requires bilateral solutions to resolve this long term.
429525
If The United States of America will submit and grant amnesty and allow guest worker programs, the ENTIRE population of Mexico will come here, use up all our tax money, resources for their own selfish benefit.  Other countries will also protest to have the same benefit--UK, Asia, people from around other parts of the world would demand the same thing...the USA cannot allow Mexicans and not others.  So then, what would happen?  Well, the USA would become poor, unintelligent, and would perhaps eventually become a 3rd world country since students aren't being educated in English really, numerous drop outs, laziness, ando on top of it all--overpopulated.
862040
(nb I'm an American and unabashed Anglophile).  I wish the UK were closer to North America so it could be a natural trading partner of NAFTA rather than the EU.  The military alliance between the UK and US is very strong; would that we could have the same relationship vis a vis trade.  (The "EU Citizens" and "All Others" lines at British airports make me cringe: When I visit the UK, I'd like to have the same legal status a Frenchman or Pole has, rather than being lumped in with the Mongolians and "all others.")  \n\n I've long maintained that the US would be a nicer nation if it had been a British territory for about another hundred years, the way Canada was.  We'd have gotten rid of slavery a lot sooner, might have been able to avoid the Civil War and might have gotten industrialized a little faster if we'd had direct British influence.  \n\n In establishing Rhodes Scholarships, Cecil Rhodes hoped to draw the US into the British Commonwealth by exposing the cream of US academia to Oxford.  How I wish he'd succeeded...
538577
THEN WE WOULD OWN MEXICO
869156
Mexico, and ultimately the United States (we got land later) benefited. Spain lost out.
543898
I would love to have Canada as part or the USA. I think they would be a good and positive influence on us. But I don't think the Canadians would go for it. They think we Americans are all cucking frazy.
734455
The EU has a very bright future, and the USA can learn from them in many ways.\n\nThey have a strong currency, and superior education, social, and health systems.
350374
Absolutly not!! We wouldn't take the states if bush wrapped it up and  gave it to us with a bow. The states would screw up our economic triumphs and social gains. The us would only be a step in the wrong direction.