States Most at Risk of Economic Harm If US Withdraws From NAFTA Voted for Trump, Chamber Study Says
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 17 released a study naming the 12 states most at risk of suffering from a U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA, in terms of potential job losses and export declines. Part of the Chamber’s ongoing…
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urgent effort to preserve the liberalizing aspects of NAFTA and guard it from being abandoned by the U.S., the study notes that all 12 of the states voted for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election. The study ranks Michigan, Wisconsin and North Dakota as Nos. 1, 2, and 3, respectively, in danger of the biggest economic struggles if the U.S. withdraws from the pact, followed in order by Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Arizona, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. “In general, [politically] ‘red’ and ‘purple’ states seem to be much more reliant on exports in general and exports to Canada and Mexico in particular than ‘blue’ coastal states,” the Chamber said. Out of the 12, the states in jeopardy of losing the most jobs are Texas (970,000), Pennsylvania (513,000) and Ohio (463,000), the study projected.