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      "id": 103798,
      "date": "1998-01-27",
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      "title": "Maquiladoras and NAFTA: The Economics of U.S.-Mexico Production Sharing and Trade",
      "summary": "Debate continues over the benefits of U.S. trade with Mexico, the North American Free Trade\nAgreement (NAFTA), and particularly maquiladoras, or cross-border production sharing plants. \nMaquiladoras generate a large portion of U.S.-Mexico trade, yet the economic effects are not widely\nunderstood. Many believe there is no benefit to such trade because it leads to the loss of U.S. jobs,\nproduction, and wages. Maquiladora products, however, have a high U.S. content that in addition\nto fostering productivity gains in both countries, may actually minimize the loss of U.S. jobs by\nallowing the higher paying jobs to stay at home rather than be shipped entirely abroad, for example,\nto Asia. Still, adjustment to globalized production creates challenges, particularly in addressing the\nplight of low-skilled workers who become unemployed. Research, however, continues to point to\ndomestic rather than trade policy for the likely solutions, particularly the emphasis on education and\ntraining programs.",
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    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Industry and Trade"
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