Mnuchin, McKinney play down chances of NAFTA withdrawal

Two top Trump administration officials this week voiced optimism about concluding the renegotiation of NAFTA and dodging withdrawal from the deal. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the House Ways & Means Committee on Thursday that he was “cautiously hopeful that [U.S. Trade Representative] Ambassador Lighthizer will be renegotiating this deal.” “It is a major priority of ours to renegotiate the deal,” he added. Mnuchin declined to outline the consequences of withdrawal, saying “because again that’s not our first priority; our...