US Chamber of Commerce Endorses New NAFTA
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will support the new NAFTA, and will lobby for its passage, the group announced Dec. 10. CEO Thomas J. Donohue wrote that the group will be working to resolve a handful of outstanding issues, but…
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only specifically mentioned the Section 232 tariffs on Mexican and Canadian steel and aluminum. He spent far more time scolding President Donald Trump for his intention to terminate NAFTA "in order to present the incoming Congress with a choice between the new agreement and no agreement. We disagree with this strategy." Donohue wrote, "Issuing this threat against a co-equal branch of government is neither necessary nor productive and could actually cost votes." A prominent free-trade Democrat in the House of Representatives made the same point on Dec. 10 (see 1812100024).