After the NAFTA fix, China trade talks loom

By Tom Campbell
 
In the last two weeks, the United States has announced a new trade agreement with South Korea, replacing a 2012 free trade treaty, and a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, replacing the 1994 NAFTA.  President Trump has heralded these agreements as major improvements in a system of trade relations that had unfairly disfavored America. His critics have claimed the new agreements are not that different from the pre-existing arrangements — though very few have