NAFTA removed tariffs from lower wage markets. For example, the same product made in Canada, USA and Mexico, the wages would be the most expensive in Canada, and the cheapest in Mexico. This has seen good paying manufacturing and refining jobs leave Canada for USA or Mexico. If those tariffs were still in place, that would not have happened.
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Careful. You are making sense. You risk being called a racist by the left.
Skoda John
A lot of US citizens would be paying a lot more for their purchases.
High tech US products would be not purchased in other areas as they would be too expensive.
Tarriffs are a double edged sword.
They do not protect jobs but they do increase consumer prices.
Jeff D
Free trade is generally a good thing, since it promotes competition and keeps prices low. However, it has to be done fairly and not give some countries special advantages over others.