North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994.


https://www.cbp.gov/trade/nafta

Most economic analyses indicate that NAFTA has been beneficial to the North American economies and the average citizen,[4][5][6] but has harmed a small minority of workers in industries exposed to trade competition.[7][8] Economists hold that withdrawing from NAFTA or renegotiating NAFTA in a way that reestablishes trade barriers would adversely affect the U.S. economy and cost jobs.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement

IF you read further... this was the brainchild of Reagan.

The Emperor of Magastan was doing well for only the top 1% of Magastanis!

If you weren't in that uppercrust, you were being fed a diet of sheer propaganda!

If you were invested in the Stock Market, you took a huge hit when the C****-** V***s shut down the United States, and the World. Yes, it went up and down several times, but those ups won't last. There is a proverbial sell off in May most years, this year will be more drastic than in previous years. Sellers are looking to cash out their profits and move to more cash based or Real Estate based investment opportunity. Watch for a closer to bottom level in August, based on the historical timing of previous recessions! I saw this tumble coming a couple of years ago, and got out of the Stock Market over a year ago! I'm sitting on a sizable cash nest egg, just waiting for that final dip to happen. I'll be positioned to buy back in at a really low point, and ride out the climb!

The economy isn't the same as the Stock Market, and the Stock Market isn't done with its downward trend, and won't be until the World is ready to resume production. Production can't get back to the new normal UNTIL we can slow or stop the spread of C****-**. We can't slow or stop the spread of C****-** until the entire country has been tested for both the C****-** V***s, as well as C****-** V***s antibodies! We can't stop the spread of the C****-** V***s without contact tracing!

The Emperor of Magastan is more interested in the economy and husband chances of ree******n than he is in stopping the spread of the C****-** spread.

The Emperor of Magastan wants the country to reopen because his businesses are losing money hand over fist every day the country is shut down.

The Emperor of Magastan wants the country reopened because Deutsche Bank is about to call in the loans on the trump businesses which trump personally guaranteed.

Well stated!

It's long last time to send the Emperor of Magastan packing!

The inequalities in our country have been exposed because of the C****-** V***s.

The fact that MILLIONS of Americans have lost their Healthcare insurance recently when they need it the most is because America has shut down. This exposes why as a country we need to move to some kind of National Healthcare Insurance plan, and away from employer based Healthcare Insurance plans!

I'm among the lucky ones to still have a job right now. But I got burned 2 years ago over insurance when I found out that I was going to lose my job instead of being converted to a direct hire less than 2 weeks after I stopped paying for my privately purchased insurance because I also was paying for employer based insurance through my agency.

I couldn't get back onto affordable, privately purchased insurance until the next open enrollment period 6 months later, COBRA, isn't a realistically affordable option for most terminated people. Ever since then, I've chosen to go with privately purchased insurance for continuity purposes. Too many employers are using a temporary workforce to avoid paying benefits!