The letter, sent by a group of senior national security leaders, urges U.S. President Donald Trump to keep the United States in NAFTA.
Trade between Canada, Mexico, and the United States grew 6.5 percent in 2017, hitting $1.2 trillion.
"Undermining trust by whatever means makes it more difficult to update, much less keep, NAFTA," the AS/COA vice president tells Forbes.com.
How would North America function without the trade bloc? Council of the Americas and the Wilson Center held a discussion with current and ex-government officials and business leaders from across the continent.
For the first time since NAFTA came into effect, Mexico's future will not be constrained by international commitments, writes COMEXI's Luis Rubio.
Ending NAFTA will not "bring back an earlier time," says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in prepared testimony to members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
"The United States risks pulling apart NAFTA...and in the process endangering our ability to lead economically in the region," writes Americas Society Board Member Antonio O. Garza.
