Prompt

"Briefly describe the North American Free Trade Agreement and the major effects it has on the level of tariffs and the amount of movement of goods and services across the US border.  Summarize the level of trade between the trading partners and how this has changed over the last few decades.  The United States Trade Representative's letter to Congress outlines some initial goals of upcoming negotiations.  Identify two goals that worsen trade freedom and explain how specific economic sectors and states stand to gain or lose as a result of reduced trade freedom."

-Description of NAFTA, effect on tariff levels, effect on movement of goods and services, summary of the level and changes in trade, goals of the USTR and potential gains and losses as a result of reduced trade freedom must all be addressed but not necessarily in that order.   Please ensure your paper employs effective transitions and is highly readable.

-Fewer than 80 words throughout the paper must be taken from direct quotes.-Include a cover page with your name, date and title of your work.-Use APA style citations for the body of your work.  Do not include an abstract.  Information on the APA citation style can be found here: http://libraryguides.mdc.edu/apa-Citation help can be found here: https://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/cite/-Papers with a high similarity score will be subjected to increased scrutiny or rejected outright.-Do not cite the same source for more than 200 words.-It is unlikely that a paper shorter than 600 words will be sufficient but a good paper can be done in fewer than 1000 words.

-Use credible sources.  Do not cite crowd, community or open sourced materials.  The sources below will be enough for you to complete your assignment.  You are not limited to these.Trump's NAFTA Renegotiationhttps://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-nafta-renegotiationUnited States Trade Representative's letter to Congresshttp://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/brownsvilleherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/e5/ce5e3265-024a-5a92-85fb-be0ea2ae2a15/58dd78cc2bd38.pdf.pdfAfter Calling NAFTA 'Worst Trade Deal,' Trump Appears to Soften Stancehttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/business/nafta-trade-deal-trump.html?_r=0Imports Create Jobs and Trade Deficits Don't Matterhttps://fee.org/articles/imports-create-jobs-and-trade-deficits-dont-matter/Farmers and Texans would lose most from barriers to trade with Mexicohttp://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21716057-rural-republican-states-have-most-lose-farmers-and-texans-would-lose-mostTrump's Trade Deficit Obsessionhttps://www.cato.org/blog/understanding-views-trump-trade-teamIs the U.S. Trade Deficit a Problem to Solve?https://www.cato.org/blog/us-trade-deficit-problem-solve