Brit paper finds a town that appears to have suffered from EPA, NAFTA

Independent:

Inside the West Virginia steel town destroyed by Nafta – where 94% of jobs have gone and Trump is king

Scenes from the 1978 movie ‘The Deer Hunter’ were shot against the industrial backdrop

There was a time, not so long ago, when this city on the Ohio River employed up to 15,000 people in the steel mills whose rusting warehouses still line the streets. Now the figure is closer to 800.

First, it was costs associated with the repeated regulations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Then, after 1994 and the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) it was cheaper competition from places such as Mexico. In the end, there was no way Weirton could compete, and an industry that has fed and clothed the city for generations essentially died.
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I suspect the EPA rulings may have as much to do with the move as the NAFTA  agreement.  Without the EPA requirements, there would not have been as much incentive to move.  The article also points out Hillary Clinton's statement which she later withdrew, that she would put a lot of coal companies out of business.

No wonder she is running 17 points behind in West Virginia.