Sasse defends free trade and NAFTA, wonders if GOP colleagues will show 'courage'

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) on Friday offered a robust defense of the benefits of free trade and the international trading system, as well as NAFTA – but said he was unsure whether his Republican colleagues would have the “courage of their convictions” to back him up. “If you look at trade, just as an economic matter, it has been indisputably good for the U.S.,” Sasse said at a Heritage Foundation event. “NAFTA in particular has been indisputably good for the...