GOP senator: Leaving NAFTA ‘disastrously bad’

Source: The Hill | April 26, 2017 | Mark Hensch

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Wednesday warned the Trump administration against abandoning the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

“Scrapping NAFTA would be a disastrously bad idea,” he said in a statement. “It would hurt American families at the check-out, and it would cripple American producers in the field and the office.”

Sasse admitted that America’s trade relations could improve, but argued the deals in place are ultimately beneficial.

“Yes, there are places where our agreements could be modernized but here’s the bottom line: trade lowers prices for American consumers and it expands markets for American goods. Risking trade wars is reckless, not wise.”

The Trump administration is weighing an executive order on withdrawing from NAFTA, according to a source familiar with the plans.

The measure is in draft form and has been submitted to the White House staff secretary for the final stages of review, the source said Wednesday.

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