NAFTA TN and E-Visas Support U.S. Customers, Investment and Jobs
Eliminating the North American Free Trade Agreement’s trade provisions would cost many U.S. jobs and damage the economies of the United States, Canada and Mexico. NAFTA also contains important immigration provisions whose elimination would carry additional negative impacts to a variety of critical industries. Under NAFTA, Canadian and Mexican professionals can be admitted in TN status, while investors are admitted on E visas. Americans who wish to work or invest in Canada or Mexico enjoy reciprocal benefits.
The benefits of NAFTA to cross-border mobility, accessibility to essential workers, and its related investment in the United States and creation of U.S. jobs are critical. The United States should retain the benefits received and given by Most Favored Nation trading partners as an essential part of its efforts to profit from and be integrated into the global economy. Losing the immigration benefits of NAFTA will harm U.S. workers, consumers and companies.
If NAFTA were to end, both the TN and E visas would become unavailable. That means the end of the NAFTA connected jobs, health and consumer benefits Americans now enjoy.
Walker, K. C. (2018). NAFTA TN and E-Visas Support U.S. Customers, Investment and Jobs. National Foundation for American Policy. Retrieved from https://nfap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TN-Visas.NFAP-Policy-Brief.April-2018.pdf