Trump, it should not be forgotten, has already secured a trade deal with López Obrador, which has been dubbed Nafta 2. It’s a mildly revamped version of the first Nafta trade deal covering a raft of imports to the US from Mexico and Canada that Trump says will benefit US workers. The problem for him is that like his demand for a border wall, the Nafta 2 agreement is also stuck in Congress. Yet it’s difficult to see what he can do when Trump’s real battle is with Nancy Pelosi in the house. Trump knows the £1.1tn of tax cuts he pushed through Congress in his first year of office are a distant memory.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2019 12:50 UTC