Nafta Battle Will Test Strength of Renewed Canada-Mexico Ties
- Junior partners working at closest level since early 1990s
- Economic fate of both nations depends on preserving trade deal
Sec. Ross Says Canada, Mexico Open to Renegotiate Nafta
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Free trade between Canada and Mexico is in part an accident of history: two nations, each the other’s afterthought, came together in their shared race to capitalize on the U.S. market.
Now, after President Donald Trump threatened to leave the North American Free Trade Agreement, the pact’s junior partners are working more closely than ever to save it. Trump has called Nafta the worst trade deal in history and blames it for millions of lost manufacturing jobs. Canada and Mexico have overcome distance and patched over differences to become its last line of defense, and the real test is approaching.