2. About Global Marketing
• Global Trade accounts for 25% of U.S.
GDP
• Helps businesses expand and survive
in competitive marketplaces
• Builds employment
3. NAFTA
• World’s largest free trade area
• Connects 450 million people
•Member economies generate $20.8
trillion in GDP
4. NAFTA PROS AND CONS
Advantages
Quadrupled trade between
Canada, Mexico, and the US
Increased economic output
Created jobs
Foreign direct investment
tripled
Lowered prices
Helped with government
spending
Disadvantages
• Loss of 500,000-750,000 U.S. jobs
• Suppressed wages
• Put Mexican farmers out of
business
• Substandard working conditions
• Degraded Mexican environment
• Allowed Mexican trucks access to
the U.S
5. Protectionism
•Safeguards key industries from
foreign industries
• Typically done through tariffs or
quotas
Tariff- tax for certain goods and
services
Quota- limits on the quantity of
imported products
6. Global Entry Marketing Strategies
• Companies must decide how to enter
the market
• Four basic ways
Exporting
Licensing
Joint Venture
Direct Investment
7. Exporting
• Firm produces goods in one country
for sale in another country
• Least risky approach
• Lower financial commmitment
• Lowest profit potential
8. Licensing
• Organization allows another to use
their trademark/patent/trade
secret/etc for a fee or royalty
• Riskier than exporting
• Useful if purchaser of license has a
large market share in desired entry
market
9. Joint Venture
• two companies join together to share
ownership and control
• Risk and profits are shared equally
10. Direct Investment
• Investing or owning a foreign division
• Highest profit potential
•Riskiest option
• Highest financial commitment
11. Works Cited
• Amadeo, K. (n.d.). 6 Pros and Cons of NAFTA.
<https://www.thebalance.com/nafta-pros-and-cons-3970481>
• Boone, & Kurtz. (2015). Contemporary Marketing (17th ed.). Cengage
Learning.
• Market Entry Strategies. (n.d.). < http://www.tradestart.ca/market-entry-
strategies >