WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump congratulated Canada and Mexico on Oct. 1, for reaching a deal to replace NAFTA, lauding the new agreement as a boon for American manufacturers and farmers and a win for all three nations.
The deal, announced on Sept. 30, is a reworking of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, which underpins $1.2 trillion in trade between the three countries. Trump had described NAFTA as a bad deal for Americans and promised to eliminate it as part of his “America First” agenda.
