Replacement for NAFTA already faces assortment of challenges on Capitol Hill
The Trump administration’s sales pitch for a new trade deal with America’s northern and southern neighbors has a long way to go, and the president’s threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico does not appear to be helping matters.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday amid renewed concern he may seek to shut down the flow of traffic between the two countries, a move that would by definition make free trade impossible.
The president was still considering closing ports of entry at the southern border because “Democrats are leaving us absolutely no choice at this point,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday, although it was not clear how closing legal ports of entry would stem illegal entry to the country, which the administration has made its premier issue.
View the complete April 2 article by Niels Lesniewski on The Roll Call website here.