Busting the NAFTA Myth: US Exports Soared

Busting the NAFTA Myth: US Exports Soared After the Trade Agreement – The Daily Economy

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Mexico, and Canada harkens back to a not-so-distant past when Congress took its constitutional role “to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations” seriously.  In his final weeks in office, Republican President George H. W. Bush signed the agreement on December 17, 1992. The House and Senate approved NAFTA less than a year later in a bipartisan fashion with Democrat President…

Busting the NAFTA Myth: US Exports Soared

Joel Griffith, The Daily Economy Free trade has allowed us to purchase low-cost products from overseas, focusing employment in high-paying sectors where we enjoy a comparative advantage.