Submitted by CARPE DIEM

“We’re going to take a hard look at NAFTA, which has a lot of problems,” Hillary Clinton said. “We’re going to renegotiate it.”

“If you travel through Ohio and you travel through communities in my home state of Illinois, you will see entire cities that have been devastated as a consequence of trade agreements that were not adequately structured to make sure that U.S. workers have a fair deal,” said Senator Obama.

Comment: As the chart above shows, more U.S. jobs have been created in the 14-year period after NAFTA was passed than in the 14-year period before NAFTA.

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