<div dir="ltr">our response: <a href="https://twitter.com/SierraClub/status/988513134469107713?s=19">https://twitter.com/SierraClub/status/988513134469107713?s=19</a><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 7:56 AM, Arthur Stamoulis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthur@citizenstrade.org" target="_blank">arthur@citizenstrade.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-renews-threat-to-tie-border-crossings-to-new-nafta-deal/2018/04/23/54ca4aa6-46dd-11e8-8b5a-3b1697adcc2a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ade844d6fccc" style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;color:purple" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.<wbr>com/politics/trump-renews-<wbr>threat-to-tie-border-<wbr>crossings-to-new-nafta-deal/<wbr>2018/04/23/54ca4aa6-46dd-11e8-<wbr>8b5a-3b1697adcc2a_story.html?<wbr>noredirect=on&utm_term=.<wbr>ade844d6fccc</a><br><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Trump renews threat to tie border crossings to new NAFTA deal<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">By John Wagner and David J. Lynch</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">April 23, 2018<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">President Trump renewed a threat Monday to make tighter control of the southern border a condition of broad trade deal that his administration is renegotiating with Canada and Mexico, saying, “Our Country cannot accept what is happening.”<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">“Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S.,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement.”<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Donald J. Trump<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'MS Mincho'">✔</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">@realDonaldTrump<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S. We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement. Our Country cannot accept what is happening! Also, we must get Wall funding fast.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">9:51 AM - Apr 23, 2018<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">69.5K<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">32.9K people are talking about this<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The president voiced similar concerns earlier this month, claiming that Mexico is doing little to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States and suggesting that he could use the North American Free Trade Agreement as leverage on those issues.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Trump’s latest threat comes as trade negotiators are already grappling with thorny issues amid a rush to conclude at least the outlines of a deal in the next few weeks — a process that could be upended if Trump is serious about adding a border-crossing condition.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The White House and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the president had directed his negotiators to add language addressing that to the NAFTA talks.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">For the Republican-controlled Congress to vote on the deal, the process must begin soon, perhaps by reaching an agreement in principle that would cover the main provisions of a new deal, U.S. officials have said. Intense talks in recent weeks have made progress on the core issues, including rules for determining which automobiles are entitled to duty-free treatment under the accord.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">But negotiators have officially completed only six of 30 treaty chapters, and remain deadlocked on a handful of contentious U.S. proposals, including on government procurement, intellectual property, investor-state dispute procedures and treaty expiration.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Trump has long been a critic of NAFTA. Earlier this month, in a White House meeting with governors and members of Congress, he labeled the treaty “a disaster” and suggested that he might terminate the deal before concluding, “I’m not going to do that.”<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The talks are continuing, with Canada and Mexico receiving a temporary exemption from Trump’s import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum. Those are scheduled to expire May 1 but could be extended if the talks are progressing.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Trump also lashed out at Democrats on Twitter on Monday about support for “sanctuary cities,” which offer protection to undocumented immigrants.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">And he said he had instructed his homeland security secretary not to allow reported caravans of people traveling from Central America through Mexico to be admitted to the United States.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">“It is a disgrace,” Trump said. “We are the only Country in the World so naive!”</span></div></div></div><br><br>
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