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Donald Trump admits he backed down on Nafta after calls from Canada and Mexico's leaders

Source: The Independent:
April 27, 2017 at 13:22
The US could still leave the trade pact if he doesn't get his way, the President suggested
Donald Trump has revealed he backed down on pledges to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) after calls from the leaders of Canada and Mexico.

He said that he had received calls from the two countries' leaders asking him to "renegotiate Nafta rather than terminate". His disclosures came a day after he told leaders of the two countries that he wouldn't end the trade pact, and just days after the White House said that the President was considering quitting it entirely.

The free trade agreement may still be terminated if "we do not reach a fair deal for all", he posted on Twitter.

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