While an abrupt withdrawal from the trade deal is unlikely, the president-elect and his advisers are gunning for big changes
His team may also seek to remove a Nafta provision that allows Mexican and Canadian companies to challenge U.S. regulations outside the court system.
.. Breaking up Nafta would upend numerous industries, and
the biggest victim would be Mexico, which promotes itself as a platform offering global manufacturers duty-free access to the U.S.
.. Reopening the treaty would create “a long line” of special interests in all three countries trying to get protection, he added.
.. If the U.S. leaves Nafta, then the two-decade-old agreement could be replaced with bilateral trade agreements, which Trump advisers say they prefer to multilateral tie-ups.