Trump renews threat to scrap NAFTA going into next round of talks

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=daschnek;52621169]Defending NAFTA just because Trump is against it seems absolutely insane. The left should be using this as an opportunity to push back against neoliberal globalization, but would rather squander it to spite Trump.

Literally no one in the anti-NAFTA crowd, on the left or the right, suggested that trade should end completely in favor of autarky. NAFTA doesn't even have much to do with trade.[/QUOTE]
It's a beautiful tragedy when leftists show contempt for the poor.

The trade image elixwhitetail posted doesn't even capture the whole scope of NAFTA. Most things we manufacture in the United States are part of supply chains that deeply involve Mexico and Canada, so even a company whose end product says "Made in the USA," whose customers are mostly Americans, is very likely to be deeply hurt by NAFTA.

There's also just the fact that making things like clothing, technology, etc. cheaper allows for more money to support more American businesses and workers. Economic analyses of NAFTA pretty much always yield the same thing, that there have been many benefits and a real increase in standard of living because of it, without much of a negative effect on American labor.