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Mexico & Nafta - December 2016 (ISSN 1741-444X)

Preparing for President Trump

The outcome of the 8 November US general elections is widely considered to have been negative for Mexico. The unexpected election of US Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump is believed to represent the single biggest challenge to Mexico-US relations in decades. Trump adopted a clear anti-Mexico stance during his electoral campaign, promising to build a wall along the US-Mexico border to stop illegal migration; deport millions of undocumented migrants living in the US (most of whom are Mexican); and force a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) to make it more beneficial to the US at Mexico’s expense. It is no wonder that the Mexican government and Mexican politicians from across the political spectrum are now seeking a strategy to deal with this challenge.

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