[Trump policies strain the ties that bind a Mexican city to small-town Illinois]On Sunday, President Trump once again blasted NAFTA, tweeting that it was the “worst trade deal ever made." But in Mexico, NAFTA represents something more profound. In conversations here, free trade is often a stand-in for what kind of relationship Mexico wants with the United States, and what type of country Mexico wants to be. “Mexico, in consumer terms, has always loved the United States,” said Esteban Illades, editor of the Mexican magazine Nexos. His factory closed down like so many others in Mexico when faced with the onslaught of cheaper toys from the United States and China.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2017 17:48 UTC