Barring tariffs and increasing cross boarder competition, NAFTA has been economically beneficial for the US by increasing the US’s trade with Mexico and Canada, adding millions of jobs to the US economy by increasing the efficiency of US companies, and decreasing prices of goods for American consumers. NAFTA has dramatically increased trade between its member nations of Mexico, Canada, and the US by stopping tariffs among the member nations and adding a better framework for trade. Trade with Mexico alone has increased quintupled while trade with non NAFTA nations has only doubled (Deeper, Better, NAFTA). Because of NAFTA, the US is maximizing its local area for profit as seen through the exponential increase in trade with member nations which
