ALEC drafts 'model policy' urging NAFTA's preservation, modernization

The American Legislative Exchange Council, an influential conservative group that drafts model legislation for state legislatures, has set its sights on preserving NAFTA. In a press release this week, ALEC touted its decision to push a “model policy” urging the administration to “preserve the economic and commercial benefits of trade with Canada and Mexico facilitated by” NAFTA. The model resolution resolves that the Trump administration should seek to “modernize NAFTA and to update and improve the agreement,” it states. ALEC...