White House readies order on withdrawing from NAFTA

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4. At this point the harm has been done

Just exiting from NAFTA probably won't change a whole lot except it will increase costs for alot of goods. Agri-business will be hurt, and what's left of the textile industry will probably totally go belly up. The industries that exited for Mexico are predominately already gone and probably would go overseas if they left Mexico. And has been repeatedly pointed out, at this point, if one builds a new factory in the US, one builds a highly automated one, especially with the low energy prices from natural gas based electricity.

Now, if he negotiated something more favorable to the US worker, not to mention to the environment, it could help. Not to mention that he could also help the Mexican farmer, which might mean a reduction in Mexican immigration.