I hope

It is no overhaul, it's something different because Canada (so far at least) isn't party to it.

Indeed.
Difficult to know how Canada will react to this.

Nobody likes to be forced to agree to something they did not negotiate?

Trump is desperate to have a completed agreement before the November 6 mid-Term elections although due to the 90 day Congress review required the deal will not be completely finalised before end of November.

It is widely expected that the Dems will win the majority in the November mid-Term elections but they will not be sworn in as Congressmen before the end of the year (except for 13 States before Dec 31st) so they cannot block these NAFTA changes.

If they really do not like the NAFTA changes and they do have a majority then they can try to reverse the regulations but it is unlikely Trump would sign such Bills.

Meanwhile in the alternative world.

Manafort sought deal with Mueller, but talks fell apart.
Manafort's defense team reportedly held plea discussions with prosecutors but the talks stalled over objections raised by special counsel Robert Mueller.

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Hard to know where the truth lies?

The original report that Manafort sought deal with Mueller came from the Wall Street Journal which usually supports Trump?

Add the fact that Mexico's Nieto will hand the presidency over to his successor Obrador November 30.

According to the Tagesanzeiger, like the North-Korea paper, this paper is more a memorandum of understanding rather than an agreement, and it's bilateral. Trump says he'll negotiate a like one with Canada, and that he won't use the term NAFTA any more.

How easy it will be to push this through the Senate, even this year, is to be seen. Nobody was particularly pleased by the reactions caused by Trump's tarriffs.

So NAFTA probably is a thing of the past.

get it right.

Mostly so except one fly in this ointment!
Despite Trump saying there is a new bilateral agreement: the "US-Mexico Trade Agreement," which he said would replace the trilateral free trade deal. His own people, the US trade representative's office, officially described the agreement as "a preliminary agreement in principle ... to update the 24-year-old NAFTA with modern provisions representing a 21st century."

Plus the Mexican President Enrique Peña-Nieto, who joined Trump in the Oval Office by speakerphone, emphasized three times the importance of Canada joining the burgeoning agreement.

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So is this a clever Spanky negotiating tactic or a tired old man losing the thread?

The old prez leaves on 30 November, that's when he'll hand over the reigns. December 1 he has no longer anything to hand over, he's a layman again.
I think it's more like the NK paper, and what I believe someone has hinted at quite some time ago: Trump sees himself as in charge of the big stuff, let the lower charges work out the difficult details.

Picky cuñt

No, he didn't, his father was a visiting student who returned home to Kenya after finishing his studies, he was not an immigrant.

Tom

One correction from my side, general view seems to be that Congress will not be able to get their act together to vote on this before 2019; if there is a Dem majority then it will be interesting times.

I agree Trump sees himself as in charge of the big stuff & lets the lower charges work out the difficult details. Problem is with these Govt. level decisions the devil is in the details which is why so many of Trump's big stuff decisions have been successfully challenged in Court.

December 1st is when he hands over the reigns, he remains the president until he gives away the sash to López Obrador

Spanky pledges to purge Google's left wing views!

When I made a google “Trump News” search then around a third of the results were from that well known Fake (sic) New Media Fox News!

When I made a google “Trump Good News” search then only around 10% of the results were from that well known Fake (sic) New Media Fox News!

"Fake New"
"Stories is bad."
"X & X is shut out."

Good of him to let one of those kids from his flag class write his tweet.

being pedantic

I'm super interested to see what AMLO will do. Sort of an enigma. I'd probably be apprehensive if I was a Mexican citizen, but from the outside looking in he's fascinating.

he is trumpian in so many ways and the opposite of trump in others.


Luckily for me, I got my C permit. but yeah, it could go either way

I don't think Spanky really understands what a trade surplus/deficit is or whether it is good or bad?

A view on this topic or here.

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Usually Wall Street Journal’s editorial board are pro-Trump

John Brennan, ex CIA director, still has not had any official notification that he has lost his security clearance!

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I suppose this is one of those things where the lower charges have to work out the difficult details?

Did I ever post "you could not make this stuff up"!