Perdue Lauds Nafta as Boon for Farmers as Renegotiation Looms
- Talks with Mexico, Canada officials focus on trade ‘irritants’
- USDA chief says Nafta benefits farmers but adjustments needed
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
Photographer: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesThis article is for subscribers only.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and his counterparts from Canada and Mexico lauded Nafta’s benefits to farmers as they began to lay the foundation for broader negotiations to modify an accord that President Donald Trump once called a “disaster.”
Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Mexican Agriculture Secretary Jose Calzada met with Perdue Tuesday in Georgia for what the U.S. secretary said would be candid talks on “irritants” in the three-way trade relationship.