Nafta Suicide Note

Trump threatens to give Nancy Pelosi even more political leverage over his new trade deal.

President Trump can’t leave good news alone, and right on time on his trip back from the G-20 in Argentina he decided to qualify his China success with a new threat to blow up Nafta.

“I will be formally terminating Nafta shortly,” he told the press on Air Force One, referring to the current pact that is still in force until Congress approves the new deal with Mexico and Canada that Mr. Trump signed Friday. “And so Congress will have a choice of the [new] USMCA or pre-Nafta, which worked very well.”

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