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They face stiff competition from similar maquiladora factories in Mexico and elsewhere in Central America.
ECONOMIST: El Salvador
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Fox promises he'll soon issue a decree to tackle some of the obstacles for the maquiladora industry.
FORBES: So Much For NAFTA
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If Oaxaca is part of Mexico's deep south, Tijuana, home to many maquiladora assembly plants, is in its dynamic north.
ECONOMIST: Politics in Mexico
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But in recent years, that has all changed thanks to economic growth, free trade and neighboring Mexican maquiladora factories working for big corporations.
NPR: Clinton's Financial Ties to South Texas Donor
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The United States, for example, has long granted preferential access to goods assembled in Mexican maquiladora plants using components from north of the border.
ECONOMIST: Do regional trade agreements encourage free trade?
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Outsourcing is the topic of this article, in particular outsourcing to firms that use maquiladora production ie, manufacturing in Mexican border towns, for re-export to America.
ECONOMIST: A look at noteworthy articles from business journals
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After comparing the performance of a maquiladora-using firm with that of a control sample, the authors found no evidence of net gain in the use of a maquiladora.
ECONOMIST: A look at noteworthy articles from business journals
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The most obvious benefit is lower labour costs: even when factoring in costs such as transport for employees, a maquiladora owner still pays less than he would for American labour.
ECONOMIST: A look at noteworthy articles from business journals
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Although Making a Killing is a brutal and striking reminder of the terrible fate hundreds of maquiladora workers have met, it ultimately falls short of making the case that free trade brought about femicide.
FORBES: In Ciudad Juarez, NAFTA's Grisly Legacy
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Between January 2001 and December 2002, the maquiladora, or manufacture-for-export sector in Mexico, lost 230, 000 jobs out of a total 1.3 million as hundreds of companies either shifted production out of Mexico or shut down completely.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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They have allowed some of the country's biggest industrial firms to foster more pliant company unions, such as Ford's, and many maquiladora (free zone) factories along Mexico's northern border get away with unions that are registered (thus excluding any others) but otherwise non-existent.
ECONOMIST: Mexico��s trade unions stick to the same old tune