NAFTA Quotes

We recognize that NAFTA is a three-country agreement, and we need a three-country negotiation.

— Chrystia Freeland

America has lost one-third of its manufacturing jobs since NAFTA, a deal signed by Bill Clinton and supported strongly by Hillary Clinton.…

— Donald Trump

I opposed NAFTA in 1993 and '94.

— Pat Buchanan

I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that,…

— Collin Peterson

Only Barack Obama consistently opposed NAFTA.

— Austan Goolsbee

Mexico is much bigger than NAFTA.

— Luis Videgaray Caso

NAFTA's been a big problem for sugar.

— Collin Peterson

The world has always been a dangerous place. Now it is dangerous in a different way, because the world order that we've…

— Anne Applebaum

We're absolutely open to making NAFTA better.

— Luis Videgaray Caso

When [Bill] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called…

— Noam Chomsky

Don't forget, a lot of people want that to happen because they make a lot of money by taking money out of…

— Donald Trump

Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen.

— Stephen F. Lynch

The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that…

— Vicente Fox

One can see the results of those policies in hundreds of communities around my State. As one might expect, our largest communities…

— Russ Feingold

I'm an optimist about NAFTA merely being updated.

— Anand Mahindra

NAFTA is a major stepping stone to the New World Order.

— Henry A. Kissinger

A scenario without NAFTA is something we have to think about.

— Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

NAFTA stripped us of manufacturing jobs. We lost our jobs. We lost our money. We lost our plants. It is a disaster.

— Donald Trump

[Bill Clinton] approved NAFTA, which is the single worst trade deal ever approved in this country.

— Donald Trump

Some of the younger people afford hope for the future. I am not opposed to reform initiatives. For example, if you can…

— Noam Chomsky

I am always an optimist. The pessimists are the liars who refuse to admit what is happening. And I'll give you three…

— Charles Bowden

NAFTA is an ancient treaty.

— Wilbur Ross

This region [North Carolina] used to be the furniture manufacturing hub of the world. I know because I bought plenty. But the…

— Donald Trump

Our jobs are being taken out by the deal that Hillary Clinton's husband signed, NAFTA, one of the worst deals ever. Our…

— Donald Trump

NAFTA is the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere, but certainly ever signed in this country.

— Donald Trump