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U.S. Withdrawal from NAFTA Is Back On Table: Wilbur Ross

By Adrian Morrow

The Trump administration may tear up NAFTA and negotiate separate deals with Canada and Mexico, said U.S. Secretary Wilbur Ross at COA’s annual Washington Conference on the Americas. 

The Trump administration may tear up the North American free-trade agreement and negotiate separate deals with Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump’s point-man on the file says. 

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross also warned Tuesday that Washington will be “more aggressive” in fighting back against what it believes are unfair trade practices, such as by slapping tariffs on imports. 

And he took aim at British Columbia Premier Christy Clark over her move to ban U.S. coal shipments from her province’s ports. 

Mr. Ross laid out the administration’s trade agenda at a Council of the Americas conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington. 

Despite Mr. Trump’s decision last month not to start the process of pulling the U.S. out of NAFTA – after a last-minute intervention by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – Mr. Ross indicated a withdrawal from the deal is still on the table... 

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