The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994, and superseded the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada. The NAFTA trade bloc formed one of the largest trade blocs in the world by gross domestic product. The passage of NAFTA resulted in the elimination or reduction of barriers to trade and investment between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The effects of the agreement regarding issues such as employment, the environment, and economic growth have been the subject of political disputes. Most economic analyses indicated that NAFTA was beneficial to the North American economies and the average citizen, but harmed a small minority of workers in industries exposed to trade competition. Economists held that withdrawing from NAFTA or renegotiating NAFTA in a way that reestablished trade barriers would have adversely affected the U.S. economy and cost jobs. However, Mexico would have been much more severely affected by job loss and reduction of economic growth in both the short term and long term.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
Yes, NAFTA helps lower the prices of consumer products
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, but we should adopt a unilateral free trade policy
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, trade between the member countries has become too imbalanced
@98WRNTN3hrs
I am not informed enough to formulate a stance.
I am not knowledgeable enough to answer this question
@98TSDDR3 days
I'm not entirely sure what NAFTA is
@98TQ7YF4 days
No, NAFTA damaged the environment and allowed American workers to be exploited by corporations
@98TGR6L4 days
Don't understand it enough to have an opinion on it.
@98SQZH56 days
not as currently structured
@98SHTM41wk
im in need of farther research
@98S4ZQV1wk
Trade should continue but I might be willing to say that it’s as outdated as everything else we’ve hoped would maintain, policy-wise
@98Q4JX72wks
This question should be changed to USMCA.
@98PYSGN2wks
Yes, but we should also create more trade agreements with other countries outside of North America.
Yes, but a unilateral free trade policy would be even better
@97VMBFR2wks
No, NAFTA damaged the environment, allowed corporations to exploit American workers, and severely damaged the Mexican farming industry
@98MZBVH2wks
No, NAFTA damaged the environment, exploited workers, and cost American jobs
No, NAFTA damaged the environment and exploited workers
Yes, but only if trade between the member countries is negotiated to become more balanced.
No, the agreement should be renegotiated among the member countries to limit exportation of manufacturing jobs, ensure living wages for workers, and restore a fairer balance of trade
@98JLYRD3wks
Yes, but prohibit outsourcing
@98JBTLX3wks
No, NAFTA should be stopped because he cost 100K plus jobs.
@98JBT9V3wks
No , free trade with all like minded countries
@98HYLN44wks
Yes, NAFTA should help the government revive child labor as a means to eliminate even the concepts of inflation and tariffs
Deleted4wks
Yes, but NAFTA has its positives and negatives
@98HQVZB4wks
No, but we should adopt free trade with just, moral, and democratic countries.
No, NAFTA damaged the environment and exploited both US and Mexican workers
No, the agreement should be renegotiated among the member countries to limit exportation of manufacturing jobs, ensure living wages for workers, and help restore a fairer balance of trade
@98H7R5Z4wks
Yes, but only with a continental minimum wage to prevent outsourcing
@98GPQZQ1mo
Yes, but renegotiate NAFTA to make it less like TPP and reduce outsourcing.
No, the agreement should be renegotiated among the member countries to limit exportation of manufacturing jobs, ensure living wages for workers, and to help restore a fairer balance of trade
Yes, but it should be occasionally renegotiated
@98G5NZT1mo
No. We should, though, continue partaking in free trade, but we need to both make it harder for companies to move abroad and increase tariffs to prevent foreign companies from competing with domestic companies.
No, the agreement has resulted in family supporting manufacturing jobs relocating to Mexico in exchange for low wage labor
No, only adopt fair trade practices.
No, and only participate in fair trade agreements
@98FFG791mo
Yes, but reform it to protect the environment and workers' rights in the three member countries
@98DXQXZ1mo
Yes, but it needs to be reformed so less jobs are shipped across the border.
No, the agreement has resulted in higher-wage manufacturing jobs relocating to Mexico in exchange for low wage labor, and trade between the member countries has become too imbalanced
@98DSCR71mo
Yes, but re-negotiate the deal again to make it less like TPP.
No, NAFTA damaged the environment and allowed corporations to exploit American workers
@98DNYXJ1mo
No, NAFTA damaged the environment and exploited American workers
@98DN68M1mo
No, it caused too much environmental damage and corporations exploited it to their worker’s detriment
@98CYT6R1mo
No, the USMCA is a better deal for North America
@98CFQ6G2mos
No, a new agreement such as the USMCA Agreement is needed
@98C8KT92mos
I don't really know or care
@98BX3T82mos
Yes, but with modifications to ensure fair and balanced trade between the member countries.
@98BTLMM2mos
Yes, and use it as the basis for a common market with Mexico and Canada similar to the EU
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