About PANAP

​Our goal is to prevent the imposition of tariffs in North America and maintain the U.S., Mexico and Canada as the most powerful free-trade zone in the world. Why?

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• Tariffs will harm the U.S. by increasing prices for consumers, boosting inflation (and thus interest rates), and reducing economic growth and unemployment. All of these projections have a strong basis in economic research.

• Especially harmed will be such U.S. sectors as agriculture, automaking, petroleum products, steel, plastics, electronics and computers, industrial products, and retailing. The farming and industrial sectors of the Midwest and South, as well as Texas, Arizona, Florida and California, where cross-border trade is especially prolific, will be hard hit as well

• A trade war with Mexico will weaken the cooperation needed to solve the U.S. immigration and drug addiction crisis. These are separate issues that need addressing without the threat of tariffs.

• Abrogating a treaty signed just six years ago will send a message to allies that the U.S. cannot be trusted to keep its word.

• A trade war will help U.S. adversaries and competitors such as China, harming U.S. national security.

• The collapse of the free-trade regime will destroy the value chains that have developed in recent years between the U.S. and Mexico, especially.​

The Project to Advance North American Prosperity (PANAP) is a new organization, and we welcome businesses, individuals, trade unions and non-profit organizations as supporters.

We are led by James K. Glassman, former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Ambassador Glassman also served as Chairman of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors and Founding Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas. He has a background as an editor and economics writer and for nearly 20 years was a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

At the heart of PANAP is information: up-to-date facts and analysis. We will be a hub for news and advocacy in favor of North American cooperation and economic growth and in opposition to destructive tariffs. In addition, Ambassador Glassman is available for media interviews, panel discussions and speaking engagements.

For more information, or to get involved, contact Ambassador Glassman or Elizabeth Heaton Posthumus here or sign up for our newsletter here.