The End of NAFTA? What Policymakers Should Know

Articles and relevant multimedia on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that would be of particular interest to policymakers are listed below with links. Download this document for all content in one convenient printable package.

Job Impact

Article with Map Withdrawing from NAFTA Would Hit 187,000 US Exporting Jobs, Mostly in Heartland

Supply Chains, Economic Integration, and Manufacturing

Social Media Graphic The US-Mexico-Canada Economies Are Tied Together
Article Why Renegotiating NAFTA Could Disrupt Supply Chains
Video Toughening NAFTA’s Rules of Origin Could Backfire
Article A US Content Requirement in NAFTA Could Hurt Manufacturing

Agriculture

Article Agriculture in the NAFTA Renegotiation
Chart Disruptions to NAFTA Agricultural Trade Could Especially Hurt Trump-voting States
Social Media Graphic Leaving NAFTA Would Hurt US Corn Farmers

Business Investment and Exports

Social Media Graphic NAFTA Cross-border Investment Is Significant
Article NAFTA Doesn’t Need a Senseless Sunset
Social Media Graphic Sunset Clause Makes Business Conditions Unpredictable
Article US Exporters Could Face High Tariffs without NAFTA

Trade Deficit

Article Scrapping NAFTA Will Sink the Peso and Expand Trade Deficit
Video Three Reasons Why Trump’s NAFTA Strategy to Reduce Trade Deficits Is Misguided