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A) Analyze the impact of NAFTA on Mexican corn farmers. Why did so many Mexican corn

farmers lose their livelihoods as a consequence of NAFTA? (1 point)
NAFTA gave subsidies to Mexican corn farmers to increase production, which flooded the
market.
Mexican farmers could not compete with government-subsidized U.S. corn.
Changes in consumer food preferences from corn toward wheat reduced demand.
Manufacturing jobs that processed the corn left Mexico for the U.S. due to lower wages, reducing
the need for Mexican-grown corn

and increasing imports of U.S. corn.

A) Analyze the impact of NAFTA on Mexican corn farmers. Why did so many Mexican corn

farmers lose their livelihoods as a consequence of NAFTA? (1 point)
NAFTA gave subsidies to Mexican corn farmers to increase production, which flooded the
market.
Mexican farmers could not compete with government-subsidized U.S. corn.
Changes in consumer food preferences from corn toward wheat reduced demand.
Manufacturing jobs that processed the corn left Mexico for the U.S. due to lower wages, reducing
the need for Mexican-grown corn.

Additionally, NAFTA led to the removal of tariffs and trade barriers between Mexico and the United States. This made it easier for U.S. corn farmers to export their products to Mexico at a lower cost, further increasing competition for Mexican corn farmers. The influx of cheaper U.S. corn flooded the Mexican market and resulted in a decline in prices that made it difficult for Mexican corn farmers to sustain their livelihoods. Furthermore, the increased access to imported corn from the U.S. undermined the demand for domestically-grown corn in Mexico. As a result, many Mexican corn farmers were unable to compete with the lower-priced, subsidized U.S. corn and faced financial hardships or were forced to abandon corn farming altogether.

So what is the answer

The answer to why many Mexican corn farmers lost their livelihoods as a consequence of NAFTA is multifaceted. Factors include the subsidies given to Mexican corn farmers by NAFTA to increase production, which flooded the market; the inability of Mexican farmers to compete with government-subsidized U.S. corn; changes in consumer food preferences from corn toward wheat, reducing demand; the departure of manufacturing jobs that processed corn from Mexico to the U.S., reducing the need for Mexican-grown corn; and the removal of trade barriers between Mexico and the U.S., allowing for easier and cheaper export of U.S. corn to Mexico.