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Perdue: Trump's NAFTA withdrawal threat 'sent a strong signal' to Congress

May 2, 2017 at 11:17 AM
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who last week played a role in convincing President Trump not to withdraw from NAFTA, said the threat of doing so sent a “strong signal” to Canada and Mexico -- as well as to Congress. In an interview with AgriPulse this week, Perdue recounted an Oval Office meeting Trump held with his newly confirmed agriculture secretary and “other counselors” to discuss whether to withdraw from NAFTA. White House advisers were debating a draft executive order to...

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