As Trump Threatens NAFTA (Again), States With the Most on the Line Ahead of Trade Talks

Route Fifty: President Trump, in an Easter Sunday tweet about border security and immigration, focused his ire at Mexico and threatened to not only stop any deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program but also upend the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.

It’s certainly not the first time Trump has raised the prospect of blowing up NAFTA as president. But the sabre-rattling, which comes ahead of the next round of negotiations over the North American trade deal that are set to get underway this month, prompts important what-if questions, like: What would the economic repercussions be if Trump ended up terminating NAFTA?

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