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After 22 years of lotus-eating reverie under NAFTA, North American supporters of free trade are now being terrorized by U.S. President Donald Trump and his campaign of tariff-driven protectionist mayhem.  Media coverage of Trump’s trade war is focused on China, but Mexico is taking some lumps in this affair as well.  The latest moves and counter-moves are taking place against a backdrop of the struggle to push the renegotiated NAFTA free trade agreement forward into law as the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA.  Here are some comments on the various moving parts at this juncture. Continue reading Mexico tied to bumper of U.S. trade wars →