International Law,
Government
Sep. 1, 2017
NAFTA negotiations: Rebooting free trade in North America
The second round of renegotiation of NAFTA begins in Mexico City on Friday, only two weeks after the first round was concluded.
James M. Cooper
Professor
California Western School of Law
James is director of the school’s International Legal Studies program. He has consulted for the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. State Department as well as Los Pinos, Mexico’s executive branch.
Last Sunday, President Donald Trump again predicted that the U.S. government would terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, setting up a high stakes game of chicken. The second round of renegotiation of NAFTA begins in Mexico City on Friday, only two weeks after the first round was concluded. Trump also tweeted last Sunday that Canada and Mexico, the other two partners in the highly successful liberalized trade pact that went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994, wer...
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