seen on the scene
Texas and NAFTA Facts and Business Opportunities
The Land of Opportunity
Business Luncheon
hosted by Pete Garcia
Executive Director of
The United States-Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS-
GULF COAST CHAPTER
AUGUST 22ND, 2018
HYATT REGENCY HOUSTON
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITH
MEXICO GO TO:
WWW.USMCOCGC.ORG
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Featured keynote Vance Ginn, Ph.D. -
Director of the Center for Economic
Prosperity and a senior economist at
the Texas Public Policy Foundation,
one of the nation’s premier free-mar-
ket think tanks.
nomic benefits occurred directly by
reducing the cost of doing business
with a broader market, and indirectly
by lowering prices of goods and ser-
vices that contribute to people hav-
ing more purchasing power to satisfy
their desires. People have flourished
In his report co-written with Elliott from increased trade and job creation
Raia-research associate for the Cen- across the country since NAFTA,
ter for Economic Prosperity at the and this increased market exposure
Texas Policy Foundation and Dayal has helped to diversify Texas’ econ-
Rajagopolan- research associate for omy. Any Negotiation on NAFTA
the Armstrong Center for Energy should be toward freer trade, along
and the Environment at the Texas with making the US and Texas econ-
Public Policy Foundation, Vance omies more globally competitive so
Ginn, Ph.D states, “Research shows Texans and all Americans can pros-
NAFTA has positively contributed per. There is much at stake with the
to increase U.S. economic activity outcome of renegotiating NAFTA.
and job creation. Mexico is Texas’ economic growth, standards of living,
number one foreign trading part- and successes of many businesses lie
ner and purchases over $100 Billion in the balance. If the focus is on the
a year in Texas made products. That principles of freedom and liberty, the
is about $275 Million every single outcome of an improved NAFTA
day.The U.S. Chamber of Com- will be to let people prosper, wheth-
merce notes trade among individu- er they are Texans, Americans, Mexi-
als in these countries supports a net cans, or Canadians.”
14 million U.S. jobs with increased
trade after NAFTA contributing to People Prosper From Trade: NAFTA & TEXAS
5 million of those jobs. These eco- May 2018 Texas Public Policy Foundation
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