TCT-FC-NAFTA-FACTORIES · Taxes & trade
Ninety thousand U.S. factories closed because of NAFTA
Claim summary
Ninety thousand U.S. factories closed because of NAFTA
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2025-04-07; occurrence documented in the linked FactCheck.org report.
What the evidence shows
The cited census series showed a smaller net decline in manufacturing establishments, many very small. A net change does not count all closures, and it does not establish NAFTA as the cause.
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