Answer: D)Their function is to assist in balancing trade between partner nations.
Explanation: As their names suggest, APEC ( Asian Pacific ECONOMIC COOPERATION) helps facilitate economic cooperation, the WTO (World TRADE Organization) helps coordinate trade and NAFTA (North American Free TRADE AGREEMENT) assists in trading between Canada, Mexico and the US. In other words, they function to "assist in balancing trade between partner nations".
The main way in which Jefferson does this is to use the phrase "we the people" when writing the Declaration of Independence, since this can be meant to mean the people of the entire world.
