Mulroney’s right, renegotiating NAFTA will be rough and more than a ‘tweak’

The automotive industry isn't the only industry that faces risks from a renegotiation of NAFTA driven mainly by U.S. protectionism, but it does provide a compelling example of how much is at risk from Donald Trump’s simplistic notions.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured at the Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa, June 29, 2016, with her then-U.S. counterpart Michael Froman.
TORONTO—Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was only stating the obvious when she told a recent conference that any negotiations on the future of NAFTA had to be a three-way negotiation. “NAFTA is a three-country agreement and we need a three-country negotiation,” she said. Still, it w...

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