Conservative groups urge Lighthizer to leave NAFTA alone

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A coalition of conservative and free-market groups on Tuesday urged new U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to reject any efforts to “withdraw from or materially weaken” the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The group said it was alarmed by President Trump’s brief effort last month to start pulling the U.S. out of the agreement, arguing that would be a “catastrophic mistake.”

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