Free Trade Areas. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) (and NAFTA before it) is one of the various free trade agreements the US takes part in (see USTR website). There are free trade agreements among other countries, too, that the US does not participate in. For example, the US pulled out of the TransPacific Partnership (TPP). Are free trade agreements a good idea? For who? How are countries that are not part of the agreement affected? Do these agreements undermine the WTO? If so, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Does/should it matter what type of government the US has a free trade agreement with?