MEXICO CITY — A second round of NAFTA negotiations gets underway Friday in a country that has long served as Donald Trump’s political whipping boy. Trump’s unpopularity in Mexico practically defies the laws of political science. In the news this week are Trump’s NAFTA warnings, ramped-up deportations, pardoning of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and threatened government shutdown to fund his border wall. “The Mexican president and Mexican government have been very effective,” said Wood, director of the Mexico Institute at Washington, D.C.’s Wilson Center. He believes constructive dialogue can prevail, NAFTA can survive, and politicians can get elected here without bashing Trump.

Source: National Post August 31, 2017 21:00 UTC