Trump’s New Nafta Deal Comes Just in Time for the Midterms
- Claims revision as vindication for aggressive tariff threats
- But he faces skepticism that Nafta 2.0 will boost workers
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President Donald Trump’s new trade deal to replace Nafta lets him boast that he achieved a campaign promise and claim vindication for his hard-line negotiating tactics -- just in time for the November midterm elections.
But he must convince a skeptical American public -- and Congress -- that a rework of the North American Free Trade Agreement will provide substantial economic gains for workers who bore the brunt of globalization over the past two decades.