NAM TradeFacts - Did You Know...
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Imports from NAFTA were NOT a significant factor in our manufacturing job loss?
Why not? Because …imports of manufactured goods from The North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) are smaller now than when our job loss started in 2000.
Falling Exports Added a Lot More to Our Manufactured Goods Deficit than Rising Imports?
Since 2000, U.S. manufacturing jobs fell by 2.9 million. Many people believe that the rapidly rising trade deficit was a major factor.
It’s Not Just Large Companies that Benefit from Trade? In fact, 97% of all U.S. exporters are Small and Medium-sized firms.
Many people assume that America’s small companies can’t sell in world markets, and only large multinationals can. That’s not what the facts show.
