The US Chamber of Commerce credited NAFTA with increasing U.S. trade in goods and services with Canada and Mexico from $337 billion in 1993 to $1.2 trillion in 2011, while the AFL–CIO blamed the agreement for sending 700,000 American manufacturing jobs to Mexico over that time.
tHe us chamBEr OF COmmErcE crEDItEd naFta wItH INcreAsing u.s. Trade in goods And ServIceS With CanADA aNd mexico fRoM $337 Billion in 1993 to $1.2 trilLion IN 2011, wHIlE tHe Afl–cio blamed the AGReemeNt for sEnding 700,000 AMeriCan manufaCTurInG JobS tO mExIcO over thAt Time.