Editorial Board
Don't Scrap Nafta; Improve It
The coming talks could make a deal that’s already good even better.
The new USTR isn't looking for a fight.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergPresident Donald Trump has frequently denounced the North American Free Trade Agreement, promising either to renegotiate it with extreme prejudice or terminate it altogether. On Thursday his administration served official notice that he is serious, notifying Congress that it intends to start negotiations with Canada and Mexico in 90 days.
So Nafta is as good as doomed? Maybe not. The agreement can easily be changed in ways that enlarge rather than shrink opportunities for mutually beneficial trade -- and there’s reason to hope that this might actually happen.