ting manufactured goods and services, and by increasing foreign investment in Mexico. Along with the financial backing of the United States, Mexico "initiated a world wide public relations effort directed toward developed nations and international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" (Mendoza P.211).
             Mexico's manufacturing base has changed to maquiladoras as their new form of production and manufacturing products and parts. Before NAFTA, Mexico produced small plastic or wood toys and other products that were less technologically advanced. At present day, the toy market is now non-existent, and their factories are competing with those of the Asian Pacific Ream. Even though Mexico has a weak domestic demand, meager purchasing power, and a simultaneous structural change in which the public sector has ceased being the driving force of the economy, the production continues to increase and the economy continues to grow for Mexico. The resu
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