Top Trump Trade Adviser Seeks Alliance with Mexico

The Trump administration is re-examining a critical component of the free trade pact.

Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser is quietly working to forge an alliance with Mexico, even as U.S. plans to build a border wall and threats to withdraw from Nafta continue to inflame tensions with its third-largest trading partner.

Peter Navarro, who as head of the White House National Trade Council will play a leading role in the effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, tells Bloomberg the United States wants Mexico and Canada to unite in a regional manufacturing “powerhouse” that will keep out parts from other countries.

The Trump administration is re-examining a critical component of the free trade pact: the rules of origin, which dictate what percentage of a product must be manufactured in North America, Navarro says.

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