The idiot in the White House doesn't have a clue and doesn't give a damn ..... he is a sick, sick man

‘Army’ of Lobbyists Hits Capitol Hill to Preserve Nafta

WASHINGTON — Automakers, retailers and other business leaders stormed Capitol Hill on Tuesday in an extraordinary show of force against a Republican president they fear will cripple or kill the North American Free Trade Agreement, an outcome business leaders said could devastate their profits and harm the United States’ ability to compete in a global market.

More than 130 representatives from an array of industries met with senators on Tuesday to ratchet up pressure on lawmakers — many of whose constituents work for companies dependent on Nafta — to keep the deal intact.

The future of Nafta has appeared increasingly at risk in recent weeks as the Trump administration presses for significant changes that businesses and Canadian and Mexican negotiators say are nonstarters. The United States’ position has pitted the Trump White House against the business community — an unusual position for a Republican president who cast himself as a friend of the business community.

But the Trump administration’s proposals to rewrite Nafta have triggered alarm bells among automakers, retailers, agricultural companies and other businesses, who say the provisions the United States is pushing are “poison pills” that would hurt American companies and jobs. They have mounted an increasingly frantic effort to persuade lawmakers to preserve Nafta and push back against the provisions the United States is advocating.

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