Republican senators urge White House to back off on adding end date to NAFTA

By Sean Higgins

Published November 15, 2017 10:12pm ET

Republican senators urge White House to back off on adding end date to NAFTA — Republican Sens. Mike Enzi of Wyoming (pictured), James Lankford of Oklahoma, and John Thune of South Dakota argued that President Trump's "very engagement" on the issue and ability to institute renegotiations of the 1993 deal among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico was "evidence of every future administration's ability to review and renegotiate trade deals." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | J. Scott Applewhite

Three Republican senators wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Wednesday to say that the Trump administration should drop its effort to add an expiration clause to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The lawmakers note that even if the administration could get Mexico and Canada to agree to it, Congress might reject it.

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