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    December 15, 2017

    Chorus of Voices Unite to Oppose NAFTA Withdrawal

    Written by Sandy Williams

    It’s a real possibility the United States may withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement. Despite pleas from Republican and Democratic senators, agriculture industry leaders, automotive executives, the United Steelworkers, trucking associations and many others, President Trump, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appear undeterred in their march to tear up the agreement.

    Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) is leading a group of pro-trade lawmakers who urge the president not to withdraw from NAFTA. Hurd says there’s one power out there the administration might listen to—Wall Street. Trump has been proud of the soaring stock market, taking most of the credit for the growth that began during the Obama administration. Hurd spoke to a gathering at the Wilson Center in Washington last week and said that if tax cuts pass, the market will continue its bull run. What could end it, he said, is “screwing up NAFTA.”

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