A new report shows which
states stand to lose the most when it comes to withdrawing from the North
American Free Trade Agreement. Farmers for Free Trade, a self-described
bipartisan, grassroots campaign working to rebuild support for trade, says the
report outlines the specific threats the states most dependent on NAFTA ag
trade with Mexico would face if America withdraws from the pact. The campaign
says the states included in the report would suffer from fewer products sold
and declining profits, during an already down farm economy. The states included
in the report, in order, are Missouri, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas,
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, North Dakota and Minnesota. Of those, the
report says Missouri exports 51 percent of all agricultural exports to Mexico,
while the number ten state, Minnesota, sends 24 percent of all agricultural
exports to Mexico. The report, available at www.farmersforfreetrade.com, examines specific
commodities to each state and how a NAFTA withdraw would impact those exports.
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