By Rafael Carranza | The Republic
With President Donald Trump calling NAFTA “one of the worst deals ever” and preparing to renegotiate the pact, U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake is trying to build a counter narrative on the trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.
Flake this week launched an initiative to gather stories from Arizona businesses about how the North American Free Trade Agreement has benefited them.
The goal: influence the Trump administration to keep key provisions of the 25-year-old agreement, just as a lengthy renegotiation process is set to begin.
Flake detailed his plan to a receptive audience Thursday at the 2017 Arizona-Mexico Commission Summit in Paradise Valley.
In his remarks, the state’s junior senator took a not-so-veiled jab at Trump, saying trade is not a zero-sum game.
