SOME COMPUTING

As with all market economies, there must be a framework in place to allow the cross-border market economies to function. The "free" term, in free trade, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) simply means that government policies that limit trade, such as subsidies, tariffs and quotas, are eliminated or greatly reduced. It does not mean that trade is free, as in not costing time, money, and effort. The purpose of this project is to explore the enormity of the infrastructure that is in place that enables the actual trade of goods and, to a smaller extent services, to take place. The infrastructure consists of the physical infrastructure: roads, railways, pipelines, etc. The infrastructure also consists of the political institutions that promote, support, regulate and administrate "free" trade. With every agreement, such as NAFTA, there are differing opinions on the meaning of the agreement, intensional violators of the agreement, and disputes between stake holders in..