He seems determined to wreck international trade, at least for us:
OK, bad enough that he's got to start off his relationship with a new Congress trying to strong-arm them (before they've even taken office), but that's who he is. (Although, as with so many of his threats, this one may prove to be empty: there's some debate as to whether he actually can withdraw from NAFTA without congressional approval. Of course, if he does it while the present Congress is still in session, the current office-holders would move quickly to approve it -- especially the forty who just got booted out.)
But get that last sentence: it's pretty obvious he's working for Putin. This is just another aspect of Putin's strategy of isolating the U.S. and breaking up the Western alliance. I wonder if this little ploy was the result of their brief encounter in Buenos Aires.
President Trump announced his intention late Saturday to quickly withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement, a move intended to force House Democrats to enact a revised version of the pact despite concerns that it fails to protect American workers.
If the president follows through on his threat, congressional leaders will have six months to pass the measure. The agreement has been losing support in recent days as Democratic lawmakers, ready to take control of the House in January, reckon with fallout from the announcement last week that General Motors was planning to idle five plants in North America.
If no deal can be reached, both versions of the treaty would be void, which would result in far more restrictive trade that could have a severe impact on industry and agriculture in all three nations, economists have warned.
OK, bad enough that he's got to start off his relationship with a new Congress trying to strong-arm them (before they've even taken office), but that's who he is. (Although, as with so many of his threats, this one may prove to be empty: there's some debate as to whether he actually can withdraw from NAFTA without congressional approval. Of course, if he does it while the present Congress is still in session, the current office-holders would move quickly to approve it -- especially the forty who just got booted out.)
But get that last sentence: it's pretty obvious he's working for Putin. This is just another aspect of Putin's strategy of isolating the U.S. and breaking up the Western alliance. I wonder if this little ploy was the result of their brief encounter in Buenos Aires.
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