Mexico Warns U.S. It'll Cut Off Nafta Talks If Tariffs Added
- Economy minister says he’ll just walk away from the table
- If Nafta were scrapped, ‘it wouldn’t be an absolute crisis’
Mexico's Guajardo Wants Info on U.S. Nafta Benefits
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Mexico’s top trade negotiator doubled down on threats to break off talks to rework Nafta, saying his country will walk away if the U.S. insists on slapping duties or quotas on any products from south of the border.
“The moment that they say, ‘We’re going to put a 20 percent tariff on cars,’ I
get up from the table,” Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said in an interview. “Bye-bye.”