Trump’s Mismanagement of North American Trade Negotiations

Background:

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and pledged to renegotiate it to benefit American workers and businesses, promising ‘the best negotiators’ and the ‘best deal’. The deal that ultimately emerged, the USMCA, left many unanswered questions about the administration’s real priorities during the negotiations.