Donald Trump
US President, Donald trump promised the President of Mexico, Enrique peña Nieto, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau that the United States still will not come out of the North American free trade area (NAFTA). It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the White house.
Conversations trump with the leaders of the two neighboring countries was held Wednesday evening, April 26. In the White house both called the meeting “pleasant and productive”.
“President trump has agreed not to terminate the NAFTA at the moment, and the leaders agreed to quickly, in compliance with the required internal procedures, to jump to the start of re-negotiations on the NAFTA deal, which would benefit all three countries,” the statement reads.
According to trump, he’s going to “lead the NAFTA in accordance with the requirements of the moment through negotiations.”
Previously, the newspaper The New York Times, citing a senior official of the administration, wrote that trump is likely to sign an official decree, formally exempting the United States from NAFTA.
NAFTA took effect in 1994. Within it were abolished or reduced duties on large quantities of goods. During his presidential campaign, trump called NAFTA “the worst trade deal” you ever entered into his country.