Washington DC
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON
President Donald Trump on Wednesday told his Mexican and Canadian counterparts he will not unilaterally pull the U.S. out of a mutual free trade
In late afternoon calls with Mexico's Enrique Pena
"It is my privilege to bring NAFTA up to date through renegotiation," Trump said in a statement.
"It is an
The American president has long assailed the North American Free Trade Agreement, pledging on the campaign trail to renegotiate or withdraw Washington from the regional economic pact.
He has gone so far as to call NAFTA the worst trade deal in U.S. history, and reports earlier Thursday cited anonymous officials saying that Trump was readying to pull the U.S. out of the agreement.
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