Trump May or May Not Want to Postpone Nafta Deal Until After the Midterms

  • President seemed to refer to Mexico’s ‘interesting’ election
  • Trump repeats threat to tax imports of Mexican cars into U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump 

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President Donald Trump said Sunday he wants to wait until after the election to finalize a new deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement -- but it wasn’t clear whether he meant the U.S. midterms in November, or a Mexican vote that’s expected to lift a left-wing leader into power.

Asked in an interview on Fox News “you can’t do Nafta before the midterms,” Trump responded, “I want to wait until after the election.”