I don’t know that I agree. Most of the jobs lost in the Rust Belt and Appalachia are from increasing technology as much as globalization, and in any case were generally not jobs low-paying enough to be significantly affected by minimum wage laws. You can argue for NAFTA as a contributing factor, but the same international trade which created the American middle class also cratered it - and that international trade is overwhelmingly with partners other than Canada and Mexico.
I don’t know that I agree. Most of the jobs lost in the Rust Belt and Appalachia are from increasing technology as much as globalization, and in any case were generally not jobs low-paying enough to be significantly affected by minimum wage laws. You can argue for NAFTA as a contributing factor, but the same international trade which created the American middle class also cratered it - and that international trade is overwhelmingly with partners other than Canada and Mexico.