On May 18, as expected, the Trump administration announced that it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This starts a mandatory 90-day waiting period, during which there will be intensive discussions in all three NAFTA countries – the United States, Mexico, and Canada – about what, exactly, will be the changes asked for by each.
Critics and opponents of the treaty, which came into force on January 1, 1994, are already mobilizing to make sure that whatever happens, the rights of workers, small farmers, indigenous and Afro-descendent people, and the environment are fully protected.
There have been few specific hints from the Trump administration so far as to what changes it will demand. Administration officials have suggested that the rise of e-commerce in the years since the start of NAFTA might require some changes in the original treaty, but this is not likely to be the only issue.
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