NAFTA: The North American Free Trade Agreement

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NAFTA
NAFTA, The North American Free Trade Agreement, is a contract which eliminates import and export taxes between the three North American countries, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. While many disagree with Donald Trump’s policies, his objection to NAFTA is valid. As a result of NAFTA, many US manufacturing jobs were eliminated and recreated in Mexico. Americans lost jobs to Mexicans because Mexicans will work for lower wages. People left behind without work in the US, because of NAFTA, had to settle for lower paying jobs within their industry or trade. In addition, Mexican workers were being paid far less than American workers and they were being overworked. Therefore, NAFTA was bad for both the American worker and the Mexican