[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 206 (Tuesday, November 30, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1278-E1279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NAFTA DEVASTATION

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 30, 2021

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, today President Biden hosted Canadian 
Prime Minister Trudeau and Mexican President Lopez Obrador for the 
North American Leaders' Summit.
  I urge them to address the continental challenges unleashed by NAFTA 
job losses in the U.S. and the rising illicit drug trade.
  An often overlooked impact of NAFTA trade is the evisceration of 
Mexico's white corn market.
  As Mexican farmers lost their livelihoods, many turned to planting 
poppy crops for income, which is now blended with Chinese fentanyl.
  We know too NAFTA devastated our Industrial Heartland leading to 
massive job loss and a continuing surge of narcotics into the U.S.--
killing nearly a million people.
  I urge the President and continental leaders to not ignore the harms 
of NAFTA on American workers, Mexican farmers, and communities ravaged 
by job losses and the opioid epidemic.
  Let us chart a new path forward for continental trade--but not based 
on penny wage labor. The Americas need fair trade.

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