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Everything I have said is based on facts, NAFTA has helped all three countries maintain exports which of course means jobs that would otherwise be in China or another truly low wage country. Not only do I see the stats that everyone else sees but I get to see the tangible benefits of NAFTA. I get to see a lot of jobs created and jobs that were saved as a result of NAFTA.
I'm sorry, I have to sound the bull crap alarm here. I can't let you get away with such a blatant lie. Before NAFTA, the U.S. had a trade surplus with Mexico, since then it has been a deficit.
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For manufactured goods, our trade deficit rose to $536 billion, from $504 billion. In Bush's six years, America has run a total trade deficit of $2.6 trillion in manufactured goods, as 3 million U.S. manufacturing jobs have disappeared and wages in that sector have fallen 3 percent in three years.
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Recall NAFTA. In 1993, we had a trade surplus with Mexico. Some of us warned it would be gone with the wind if NAFTA passed. And NAFTA did pass, through the collaboration of Clinton Democrats with Gingrich Republicans, over the opposition of the American people.
Since 1994, we have run a trade deficit with Mexico every year. In 2006, it hit a record $60 billion. Grand total: almost $500 billion in trade deficits with Mexico since NAFTA. Mexico now exports more than 900,000 vehicles to the United States every year, while the United States exports fewer than 600,000 cars and trucks to the entire world.
http://www.vdare.com/buchanan/070226_trade.htm These be the facts my friend. You may see a few jobs on your end created thru NAFTA, while you never see the over 3 million jobs lost thru it.