Levin, Kind Push Back Against Take-It-or-Leave-It NAFTA Bargaining Tactic
Rep. Ron Kind, a Wisconsin Democrat who traditionally supports free trade deals, and Rep. Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat who's more of a trade skeptic, co-authored a May 8 letter warning President Donald Trump not to send over a NAFTA…
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2.0 at the same time he announces he's withdrawing from the original NAFTA. There have been reports that the U.S. trade representative would like to use this hardball tactic to make sure the new NAFTA passes Congress (see 1804260047). "Any attempt to hold Congress hostage would threaten your Administration's negotiating authority and only serve to sow chaos in the U.S. economy," the lawmakers warned. "A new NAFTA should pass Congress based on its merits and not on the threat of withdrawal from the existing agreement."