East Asia and Latin America seem to benefit most from this. The East Asian economy has developed the fastest with an annual growth of nearly 8 percent (Stand 43 4). This has been achieved through maintaining economic stability and production output. However, western influence in some ways has harmed the culture within these countries, many of them now talk

While these American companies benefit from NAFTA, the American workers suffer. As a result of large companies moving production plants to Mexico, thousands of American laborers are laid off, often with no benefits or compensation. Many American companies deny the moving plants to Mexico in an effort to evade the Labor Department. One city that has suffered the most is El Paso, Texas. The majority of its workers are willing to accept minimum wage, the average unemployment rate is 11.7 percent and has lost more than 5,600 jobs to Mexico (Stand 57 8). An example of this is Johnson & and Johnson, who laid-off 110 workers and moved to Mexico. The company claimed that they did this because all their competitors had left because of NAFTA (Stand 58 7).

of returning to their roots through Asianization or Islaminization. Many of these people feel that western influence has stripped away values

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